Finally you must allow yourself to stand before one mirror for your identity—you surrender to the naked now of true prayer and full presence. You become a Thou before the great I AM. Such ultimate mirroring gives you the courage to leave other mirrors behind you.
“Human approval means nothing to me,” Jesus said. “Why do you waste time looking to one another for approval when you have the approval that comes from the One God?” (John 5:41, 44).
Henceforward, as Teresa of Avila said, “You find God in yourself and yourself in God,” a discovery that precedes, outdoes, and undercuts all of the best psychology in the world. Think of the thousands of dollars you can save in therapy!
From The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See (pp.19)
Daily Meditations by Richard Rohr.
You know, this is so very true. Once I was able to take hold of the truth that God loves me unconditionally, whether at this moment I am a saint, or whether I am a sinner, whether in my eyes and the eyes of the world, I am a great success or a miserable failure, whether I am strong, or whether I am weak, (I could go on!) and make that grand truth a part of my very being, my world turned upside down in a way that is still a miracle and a wonder to me.
Amen. Preach it Grandmere!
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Margaret in the amen corner, thank you.
ReplyDeleteOver here in the corner, Mimi! Amen!
ReplyDeleteI am going to see/hear Rohr on Thursday night - tomorrow.
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Hi Susan in the amen corner. Is it crowded over there?
ReplyDeleteFran, I am so jealous. Tell Richard "Hi" from an old lady in Louisiana who reads his stuff every day.