GO BEYOND REASON...BENEFIT THE OTHER

Our initial sense of connection with our mother, and hopefully with our father, is the beginning of the unitive consciousness to which we ultimately want to return.* * * Those who know and live with a sense of secure connection to special loved ones have been shown to be more able to tune in to and be compassionate toward others, deal with anger constructively, cope with distress, stay open to and forgive others, show more generosity and tolerance, and shape a positive sense of self as one who is worthy of love and care.  --  Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation." February 22, 2022

Although many of us as a babe missed out on the vaunted mother-love connection, and have spent way too much time carping about it, God, grace and the sliver of gold in our "rotten luck" found the way for us. 

The way is our fellowship which is spiritual in nature. Among other things, it teaches us to cease fighting everything and everybody which turns out that means we can trust God. From our own experience, we now know that God can and will intervene in our lives for our benefit...we are freed from self to live for the benefit of another.

To live for the benefit of the other goes against the reasoning mind, against ego's I See Me, against the stand-up-for-self psychology prevalent in today's world. Who's kidding whom, to the egoic mind, that is hard to love. Gratefully, today we rely on the spiritual principle, Go beyond reason to love. 

There's the birth of our unitive consciousness to which we ultimately want to return. 

Through still more spiritual growth, we have become able to tune in to and be compassionate toward others, deal with anger constructively, cope with distress, stay open to and forgive others, show more generosity and tolerance, and shape a positive sense of self as one who is worthy of love and care.

It all started with our "rotten luck," grew through our changing our mind, and continues through the sliver of gold in our continuing "rotten luck" which requires us to change our mind and give over, give up, give in for the benefit of the other. Who knew? 

God...God who loves us so much knew.

Thank you.