TRUST GOD, WELCOME FEAR, LIVE FREE

Such surrendering of superiority, or even a need for superiority, is central to any authentic enlightenment....Francis and Clare made a loving bow to the very things that defeat, scare, and embitter most of us, such as poverty, powerlessness, and being ridiculed. -- Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations, January 19, 2025

Sometime ago, in a blinding flash of the obvious, I realized nothing turns me to God faster than fear. That realization kept me open to what Fr Richard calls the “integration of the negative.” 

With that opening, I began to think in terms of welcoming fear, of resisting it not...a never-before positive thought, but it is my go-to today.

Using fear and fear of fear as a spiritual yardstick is not reasoning-mind easy...it is, however, priceless for that lifts it out of the mental into spiritual. This is where thinking is replaced by intuiting, and learning to trust our intuition is of God.  

Quite simply...or fancy word, a conundrum...nobody wants to feel fear, yet feeling fear is God Calling. 

Feel fear, kiss it on the lips, love and laugh, be free.

Thank you.