Good one, Randy. I appreciated reading that, and then I turned to Rohr's daily and couldn't keep from recommended this one. I associate it with the Tillich paper. George Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Tr. Austin, TX 78728 Mobile 512/252-2756 geowanda@earthlink.net Hope appeareth, but it is not your Hope—you do not have anything to do with it. It just appeareth. It comes as a stranger, as an alien—it just appeareth! You do not even know why you hope. How in the world could you hope when there is absolutely nothing to justify any hope? ~Joseph W. Mathews Begin forwarded message:
From: Center for Action and Contemplation <cac@cacradicalgrace.org> Subject: Daily Meditation: The Art of Letting Go -- July 30, 2012 Date: July 30, 2012 1:10:45 AM CDT To: geowanda1@me.com Reply-To: cac@cacradicalgrace.org
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Snow Goose Day Flight, by © Shirin McArthur.
THE ART OF LETTING GO
It is good to remember that a part of you has always loved God. There is a part of you that has always said yes. There is a part of you that is Love itself, and that is what we must fall into. It is already there. Once you move your identity to that level of deep inner contentment, you will realize you are drawing upon a Life that is much larger than your own and from a deeper abundance. Once you learn this, why would you ever again settle for scarcity in your life? “I’m not enough! This is not enough! I do not have enough!” I am afraid this is the way culture trains you to think. It is a kind of learned helplessness. The Gospel message is just the opposite—inherent power.
Thomas Merton said the way we have structured our lives, we spend our whole life climbing up the ladder of supposed success, and when we get to the top of the ladder we realize it is leaning against the wrong wall—and there is nothing at the top. To get back to the place of inherent abundance, you have to let go of all of the false agendas, unreal goals, and passing self-images. It is all about letting go. The spiritual life is more about unlearning than learning, because the deepest you already knows (1 John 2:21).
Adapted from The Art of Letting Go (CD)
Prayer: May I learn to let go.
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