Dear All of Us,
No matter the length
of our living,
what do we want to be
when we grow up?
That's
"THE QUESTION"
of all questions.
Our answer,
clarified and realized,
literally makes
all the difference
in a lot of the world.
The question calls for
response again and again
until there is no "when."
Most likely my little Grand Son,
Ollie the Younger,
will voice an ever evolving
litany of life responses
as he matures into his years.
His grandpa sure has
and still does,
even moving in on
eighty-three of his years.
Whatever our being and doing
in the span of our time,
may Ollie, his grandpa, all of us,
grow into this lived response:
When I grow up
I want to be a
Mystic
Now, most likely that's not
the wording of our way,
but pray may it be
the living of our way.
Mysticism is not
being in a trance
and chanting
"Ommmmm"
all day.
Mysticism is simply
living the mystery of
God's Love
where we are,
as we are.
Mysticism
is experiencing
God's Love
deep in and real,
as well as in
all the particulars of
our daily, evolving,
life and consciousness.
It's not a cerebral achievement.
It's letting God fold us
into a mystery beyond
concept or articulation.
That mystery (thus "mystic") is
The Love That Is God,
the Energy of All That Is.
The mystic is a lover
accepting unto to Oneness,
God being our Lover.
Mysticism takes us to
The Center
as we live its extensions
in the vastness of
ALL
Lovers get lost
in the mystery of love.
It's constant.
Sometimes it's
clear and conscious.
Always it's the energy
of their union and doings.
Some of it is in bed.
Most of it is lived
in the practicalities of
love actualizing daily
potential and service
in unity.
Same so for the mystical life.
We're already loved by
Love
We awaken to it,
we accept it,
we embrace it
over the times
and ways and places
of our life.
Mysticism happens as we do.
We all are invited
over the next some days
to prayerfully personalize
what follows.
We pray ponder:
What's the inner meaning here?
How am I with that?
How can I be with that?
What does all this mean
in the living of my days,
profoundly, progressively,
practically, mystically?
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MYSTICISM
A mystic is simply one who has moved
from mere belief or belonging systems
to actual inner experience of God.
A mystic sees things in their wholeness,
connection, and union, not their particularity.
Mystics get the whole gestalt in one picture,
beyond the sequential and
separated way of things.
A Christian is one who can see Christ
everywhere else and even in oneself.
If you want to find God,
then honor God within you,
and you will always
see Gid beyond you.
For it is only God in you
who knows where and how
to look for God.
Saints embody goodness
while mystics embody love.
- Carl McColman
The mystic is not a
special kind of person.
Each person is
a special kind of mystic.
William McNamara
This Soul Search is from
Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation,
The Center for
Action and Contemplation,
Saturday, July 20, 2019
We are blessed and grateful.
HOLIDAYS
The past weeks have been busy:
Hanukkah, Christmas,
New Years and MLK Day,
three four-day work weeks,
lots of travel and visiting.
If you missed a chance
to join in here,
please just scroll down
for the last five postings.
If you don't mind a suggestion,
please be sure to spend
Soul Time
with
"KNEAD"
It was posted last week
on Wednesday,
January 11, 2023
and is available below.
Thanks!
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Looking forward
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Love to All.
John Frank
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