When the external life and the inner life are working together, we always have beauty, symmetry, and actual transformation of persons—lives and actions that inherently sparkle and heal, in part because they can integrate the negativity of failure, sin, and rejection and they can spot their own shadow games. -- Fr. Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditations," August 28, 2014.
Becoming a fully integrated person is our journey. When our insides, God's world, become one with our outsides, ego's world, we become a fully integrated person. This cannot happen unless and until our ego bows to a power greater than itself...namely, God.
I tend to believe that takes many lifetimes to achieve, and we keep coming back until we get it right.
Now...what if that is true? What if that's not just me on a flight of fantasy, but it is true?
What if we keep coming back as each and every person we could/would not forgive? What if we are that person today, right now? Are we unforgivable...or do we think we are? What then?
What if we keep coming back as the person we once put upon a pedestal...had loved beyond reasoning? How well, if at all, are we showing forth the qualities we once adored?
When the external and the internal are oned, the external must needs have given over and the internal shines through, leading the way as peace, love and joy.
Thank you.
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