It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. - 1 Corinthians 15:44.
That quote knocked my socks off when I read it recently. I felt gobsmacked...I have known and said for a long time that I live in two minds, one of this world, i.e., material, the other of God, i.e., spiritual. I thought that was a quirk of mine...God's way of helping me process his truths.
Well, there it is. Spelled out in black and white in the Holy Bible: There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. I only love it.
I admit it's hardly surprising that I'd never read it since I have never been a serious Bible reader. Other than the Sermon on the Mount, I've never studied the Bible...and my studying the Sermon came for entirely selfish purposes.
That is an excellent example of spirituality being counterintuitive. I selfishly studied the Sermon to build my sense of self as a good and decent person...and found that worked only if I gave it away. Even as I was learning, I was giving it away without for one second being consciously aware of God interworking among others and me.
It is a fact...whopperjawed but fact...that my spiritual growth has come primarily by looking back. As I look back, I recognize that 99.99 percent of what came to me disguised as dreadful was to become another pearl beyond price.
That may be the secret to how Meister Eckhart learned if the only prayer you ever say in your life is thank you that would suffice...I kinda hope so.
It is comforting to realize the one-ing of material mind and spiritual mind has come by Love, the Love which is God.
Love has to be worked toward, received, and enjoyed; the first move is to recognize our deep capacity for fear and hate. But remember, we gather around the negative space quickly, while we 'fall into' love rather slowly, and only with lots of practice at falling. - Fr Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, March 28, 2024.
Thank you.
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