There will be lots more on this later, but for now, I want to leave a note with Cynthia Bourgeault's treatment of the Beatitudes (for the Center for Action and Contemplation) here:
Only through a point of nothingness can we enter the larger mind. As long as we’re filled with ourselves, we can go no further. (Sunday)
Only when we have dealt directly with our animal instincts, and the pervasive sense of fear and scarcity that emerge out of our egoic operating system, are we truly able to inherit the earth rather than destroy it. (Monday)
Jesus promises that when the hunger arises within you to find your own deepest aliveness within God’s aliveness, it will be satisfied—in fact, the hunger itself is a sign that the bond is already in place. (Tuesday)
Mercy is not something God has so much as it’s something that God is. Exchange is the very nature of divine life; all things share in the divine life through participation in this dance of giving and receiving. (Wednesday)
When your heart becomes “single,” when it can live in perfect alignment with that resonant field of mutual yearning we called “the righteousness of God,” then you “see God.” (Thursday)
When the field of vision has been unified, the inner being comes to rest, and that inner peaceableness flows into the outer world as harmony and compassion. This is what we mean by contemplative engagement. (Friday)
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