The way to any universal idea is to proceed through a concrete encounter. The one is the way to the many; the specific is the way to the spacious; the now is the way to the always; the here is the way to the everywhere; the material is the way to the spiritual; the visible is the way to the invisible. -- Fr Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation, July 24, 2023
My quiet time started this morning with thoughts of my teenage friendship circle of Retta, Jude and me and our journey unto today.
Material mind facts: Retta married, and they had three children; Jude, married and they had no children; I never married, I had no children. To my reasoning mind, I see me at the bottom, Jude is the next level up, and Retta is at the top.
Spiritual mind: Retta's focus stayed on family; Jude's focus was on her husband; my focus became spiritual growth. Spiritually, we are reversed yet in the reversal, we are Oned.
My simplified view: Both material or reasoning mind and spiritual mind are different levels of consciousness, with spiritual just a reversal of reasoning. I hope/want/need to stay my focus on inner knowing Retta, Jude, me and you as One in God.
Most important is realizing that raised consciousness comes and goes depending on our desire and our commitment to...bah-da-boom...letting the Spirit within do Its job.
Thank you.
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