Dear All of Us,
So much in life
is paradoxical,
is counter cultural,
is strange but true.
Clutching constricts.
Giving widens open.
Certainly so spiritually.
Sometimes we need
to slow down
to get ahead.
That's tough for
most of us
fast paced people.
So, here's an
INVITE
for all of us
to go paradoxical,
to be counter cultural,
to slow down
to get ahead.
It means nixing
the urge
to speed read,
to rush through, the
Meditation Moments
that follow here.
Here's one way
to go about this.
If you favor another,
that's the way to go.
So skip ahead to
ONE A DAY
MEDITATION MOMENTS
If you chose, stay tuned here.
ONE WAY
For those interested,
give this a try
to slow down
to get ahead:
- start by reflectively
reading through the
Meditation Moment's
that follow:
- slowly select
a few for just now
- taking one a day,
slowly savor it
in generous moments
of meditation
- write it on a card,
get it in your phone
- come back to it
throughout the day
in quiet
MOMENTS
between appointments,
at a coffee break,
online at the checkout,
waiting for someone,
doing the dishes,
going for a walk,
washing the car
- Pray it, ply it, apply it
every which way
- Most and best of all
listen
what does
The Spirit
whisper here?
what does
The Spirit
shout out here?
- Finish the day
in slow, mellow meditation.
What fears kicked up?
What promise and potential
presented?
How grow into it?
What would that
look like in our
thinking,
values,
behaviors,
lifestyle?
- Ask Spirit Light.
Ask Spirit Support.
Resolve in The Spirit.
So, here's a resource
for us to use
for a fortnight plus.
We meditate on
one a day,
saving the others
for a good whenever.
And/or we keep them
at the ready for
occasional use
going forward.
These come from my
personal
JOURNEY JOURNAL
"Come Holy Spirit.
Fill the hearts
of your faithful."
Slow us down forward.
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ONE A DAY
MEDITATION MOMENTS
God is the Party.
We're all invited.
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No one can fill
a full glass,
not even God.
What are we full of?
God would love
it to be
emptiness.
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God asks only that
you get out
of God's way
and let God
be God in you.
Meister Eckhart
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God is a mystery.
So are we,
the very same
mystery
variously.
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Relax into Reality.
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Whenever I am
self-centered
I am trying
to displace God.
It's not good
for either of us.
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All sides needed
for a whole.
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Divine Love is
not a set,
static noun.
It is progressive,
an action, verb.
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There is no such thing
as outside.
All is boundlessly
One.
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We don't find God.
We wake up to
God's Enfoldment
of us.
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All in Creation are
particulars of
GOD'S ONENESS.
We have relatives
all over the place.
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"God is more intimate
to us than we are
to ourselves."
Augustine
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"Man's sin
is his failure
to live
what he is."
Abraham Heschel
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"God is my deepest self."
Catherine of Genoa
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Attitude is approach.
Posture is stance.
What attitude
shapes our posture,
forms our stance?
Jesus suggests
eight attitudes
on how to be,
Be-Attitudes.
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A selfish life is an ember
that never ignites.
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God save us
from all our
"selfies."
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Praying that we all
slow down
to catch up
with what
God has
in heart for us.
Love to all.
See you next week.
John Frank
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