For Jesus, there are no postures, group memberships, behaviors, prayer rituals, dietary rules, asceticism, or social awareness that, of themselves, transform us or make us enlightened, saved, or superior. There are no contaminating elements or people to expel or exclude. These answers are exposed as inadequate only when goodness is exposed as the divine field of action. Everyone and everything belongs. -- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," January 24, 2022
Of minor interest, as I read the above, "For Jesus," stalled me, but then got substituted by the phrase, "For the enlightened us...the generic Jesus," and I was freed up to write today:
More often than not in today's world, the very name Jesus is sneered at, mocked and trivialized, ignored at best. Which is particularly interesting since his simple ask is that we condemn no one, or more to the point, that we love all...the liar, the cheat, the thief, the whore. Face it, the whole lot of whom is not all that hard to love; the almost impossible to love is the one who mocked me, lied to me, cheated me.
Maybe making peace with our own self is the impossible improbable dream. By finding peace within, we let go of our attachments...me, my, mine become obsolete. We live to give love...then we get love.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you canNo need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
It's come to this: We can accept John Lennon, but Jesus is still a bridge too far. But that, too, we can love for they are one, same as you and I.
Thank you.
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