We absolutely need conflicts, moral failures, defeats to our grandiosity, even seeming enemies. These are necessary mirrors, or we will have no way to ever spot our shadow self. -- Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, November 24, 2021
These are comforting words...but, face it, when we're in the midst of conflicts, do we consider for a hair's breadth that this is "good" and a "need"?
Spiritual growth has led us well...it is the daily living of what we've learned that is the rest of our education.
We know that conflicts of any kind are ego-born, self-maintained and impossible for self alone to overcome. We know that, of course, when we are in smooth sailing mode...but our boat gets tipped and observe how quickly we forget.
Ah, here comes God's will, God's way to shake us up, break us down, turn us around...which feels like abject failure.
Lesson a-learning: We must go to God feeling like an abject failure...where we find failure is our saving grace. We get grateful as we experience God's will, God's way as our necessary mirrors for us to spot our shadow self.
An older insight flashes again: Fear not being thrown into the lion's den for the lion in the den is Aslan.
Thank you.
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