Remember this: There are always two worlds. The world as it operates is power; the world as it should be is love. The secret of kingdom life is how we can live in both—simultaneously. -- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," July 31, 2024
I have long thought and I write of the two worlds available for us to live in...the material world and the spiritual world. Those of us seeking still more spiritual growth have the primary goal of living from our spiritual mind and failing more than a few times...that is when, not if, we're doing it right.
I have two rules of life that from the get-go until right now have guided me: 1) If I don't take a drink, I won't get drunk; 2) Live by the Sermon on the Mount, period...no promises, no guarantees, just do it.
I ace the first one every day; I strive for the second one the majority of the time...that is 51 percent, and anything over that is probably ego-chatter.
Now, here comes Fr Richard with kingdom life...with the proposition that we can live in both the material world and the spiritual world simultaneously by keeping our eyes intently on the world as it should be....
I pondered that this morning and was gifted with a blinding flash...we are already doing that, living simultaneously in the material and the spiritual world. Our goal has ever been for still more spiritual growth, and we have walked that...talked it a lot but that was necessary to get us to the walking it stage.
I know today that I would rather give happy than get happy...which is no great shakes since we must have happy in order to give it. That is when we realize the answer, that there is only one answer, and it is already ours...love, look within.
The world is enwrapped in God's love...ours to draw from with or without natural knowledge.
Thank you.
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