It takes as long as it takes to truly hear what we need to hear.
We are taught that in that instant of realization, it is done for us, our problem is solved, all our questions are answered. We believe that because we so want to believe that, and because it is true.
Comes now the howsomever.
Now, to live that truth as our own, we must prove it...to prove it by doing, living, being...by our transformation.
More howsomever: Our own definition of "transformed" must go...must be transformed, not to be smart-mouth about it.
Growing into the transformed me, we find...oh rats!, the same old me. No wings, no halo, no outer sign for others to take note of which, regrettably, we learn still has teeth and tongs in our egoic mind. Not as strong, not as long-lasting, no longer first in line...ah, but there.
There's our Yes! It is that egoic want that kicks our butt, punches our gut, natters relentlessly...and turns us within, to head the transformed us in the right direction.
It is right that ego forms the base of our suffering...the horns of the dilemma we hear about. Our reasoning mind is being changed by God from reliance on egoic thinking to resting on spiritual principles. Never does ego go gracefully into the light of God's new day.
There is a deeper voice of God, which we must learn to hear and obey. It will sound like the voice of risk...God never leads by guilt or shame! -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, July 29, 2022
Thank you.
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