Loving the presence in the present
Monday, October 29, 2018
https://cac.org/loving-the-presence-in-the-present-2018-10-29/
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space.
A provisional existence of unknown
limit
~Viktor Frankl
[One] experiences [oneself] . . . as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of [one’s] consciousness. . . . Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. —Albert Einstein
We cannot attain the presence of God
🍃🌱☘️💚🌿🌱🍃
because we’re already in the presence of God.
🍃What’s absent is awareness🌿
🍃Little do we realize that God’s love is maintaining us in existence with every breath we take.🌿
We do, however,
need to unlearn
some things.
To become aware of God’s loving presence in our lives, we must accept that human culture is in a mass hypnotic trance.
We’re sleepwalkers.
All great religious teachers have recognized that we human beings do not naturally see; we have to be taught how to see.
Jesus says further, “If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light” (Luke 11:34). Religion is meant to teach us how to see and be present to reality.
the Buddha and Jesus say with one voice, “Be awake.” Jesus talks about “staying watchful” (Matthew 25:13; Luke 12:37; Mark 13: 33-37), and Buddha means “I am awake”/Sanskrit.
Prayer is not primarily saying words or thinking thoughts. It is, rather, a stance. It’s a way of living in the
Presence, living in awareness of the Presence, and even enjoying the Presence.
The contemplative is not just aware of God’s Loving Presence, but trusts, allows & delights in it. Faith in
God is not just faith to believe in
spiritual ideas/ to have confidence in
Love/reality itself.
At its core, reality is okay. God is in it. God is revealed in all things, even through
the tragic & sad, as the revolutionary doctrine of the cross reveals!
All spiritual disciplines have one purpose: to get rid of illusions so we can be more fully present to what is.
These disciplines exist so that we can see what is, see who we are, and see
what is happening.
What "is" is love, so much so that tragedy will be used for purposes of transformation into love. God giving away God every moment as the reality of our life.
Who we are is love, b/c we are created in God’s image. God living in us, with us, through us as our manifestation of love.
Each one of us is a bit different because the forms of love are infinite.
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