Two universal paths of transformation have been available to every human being God has created: great love and great suffering. . . . . .We must love 'with our whole heart, our whole soul, our whole mind, and our whole strength.' -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, August 14, 2022
Blinding flash of me: Or is great love great suffering? But the question tells the tale...chances are I know naught about great suffering...and less about great love.
Ah, but the chances are equal that I do know and just can't believe what I have known qualifies as "great." Not to put the fancy on it, but according to me there is no small-time suffering, hurt maybe, boo-boo of course...but suffering is suffering. Let us hope I restrain my want to quantify love.
As I've been posting, I'm going through a hurting period. I'm clinging to my BFO upgrade attitude, downgrade problem. As opposed to a medical emergency aborning, I am chosing to believe this is my initiation period...God taking me deeper.
To me, life itself is our initiation period...every minute is two-fold, leading us deeper into our Father within or leading us to our ego's home of self-determined objectives. The choice is ours, and there it is...suffering is in the indecision.
Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.
Thank you.
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