This is what it means to be a mystic, what it means to be committed to the life of the soul: To show up for what is, to be present to all that is, to take refuge in the boundless intimacy of exactly what is. Mirabai Starr in Fr Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations, September 25, 2024.
I read Starr's quote and in less time than a heartbeat, I saw the haps of my life this week, i.e., my stopped-up guest bathroom john, my overflowing bathroom sink, my leased car's dents, etc., just as I need to turn it in for another leased car, my loss of friends at 80+ with their moves to Senior Living or to the home of a son or daughter, or to answering death's call.
I am experiencing each with remarkable equanimity 100% due to my relearned, remembered, recalled original God-lesson: All our woes are gifts in disguise.
The learned lesson that invariably lifts me up, turns me in a better direction, and causes me to love and laugh...the business venture I entered with five friends in the early '80s. The business went bankrupt, friends took off for Italy, I got a job which gave the IRS a place to hang its hat, and I was gifted with the $50,000 debt to pay.
That was too immense for my reasoning mind, so it was kicked up to God who did not pay the bill, he gave me better than that. He gave me peace as I faced the music and danced...with the IRS! And paid off every penny over a lot of years, but they were helpful...they just wanted and got their money...and I got the spiritual roots that are growing me to this day. I got the better deal.
I like my stripped-down version of Mirabai Starr's quote... what it means to be committed to the life of the soul: To show up for what is, to be present to all that is, to take refuge in the boundless intimacy of exactly what is.
Yes, please, and thank You.
Thank you.
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