SACRED DISCONTENT IS OUR GOD CONNECTION

Teilhard de Chardin in Cosmic Life said, 'To live the cosmic life is to live dominated by the consciousness that one is an atom in the body of the mystical and cosmic Christ.'

Geez, here's me wanting to live "the cosmic life"...hoping I may be already. Unknowingly, I may be! But, we, the entire universe, unknowingly may be living the cosmic life. 

Unknowingly...the spiritual pearl and also an apt description for reasoning mind.

In taking particular note of two words in the Teilhard quote, namely, "to live," we are blessed by the realization that "to know," "to realize," "to believe" do not even touch "to live." We have "known, realized, believed" for some time now...ah, but lived? No, we really have not. 

That is to say, I have not knowingly lived and breathed being an atom in the body of Christ. On my finer days...no, better moments, in my quiet time, I may have. I have wanted to...longed to...even have felt a bit of a connection, a nudge so to speak. I am comforted in knowing that is close enough for me for where I am in my world today...close enough by heading in the right direction.

I am comfortable with that but not, repeat not, content with that. It is the sacred discontent... the uncontent...that is our gold, our God connection, or God-gift, akin to unknowing being the goal we seek, whether we know it or not.

The difference between living a worried life and living with sacred discontent is worried is entirely selfed or self-centered, discontent is God centered...or, selfed free.

Discontent...the pearl beyond price. Who knew? 

Thank you.