First thought is nearly always from the material mind, and payback in kind is as like as not to be its goal. Our long-time search for spiritual growth is put to the test. We bless that first thought...hug it and kiss it and let it go...and welcome the realization that this is not to be hated but to be forgiven.
I wrote and posted that just a couple of days ago; just this morning I realized that it proves to me that refusal to gossip, or to speak a less-than word about anybody, is the correct end result but not the first step toward a spiritually based life.
We must accept that first thought as our own...otherwise we try to deny it by pushing it down inside where it will fester and not die. It will not die but it will rise again tomorrow or way later...at something unrelated that an innocent someone says or does...wreaking havoc beyond comprehending. We bless that first thought...hug it and kiss it and let it go.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I lean toward the belief that all of our woes are born as self-determined objectives. (It should go without saying that woes do not include brain cancer and the like.)
Since I know...and I have proof of purchase...that I am the source of all my woes, it is no stretch to intellectually accept that all my woes, bumps in the road, irritations, aggravations, ad nauseam, are born in self...and are grown by blaming others.
I believe peace of mind through surrender are found in Rohr's unitive consciousness, my raised consciousness...in short, out of reasoning mind into spiritual mind.
God is preparing and drawing us toward deeper intimacy, belonging, and union. -- Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation, December 10, 2023
Thank you.
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