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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 632958" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>RR is talking about Intimacy. I think this is our heart's desire, intimacy with each other. But very risky. Hard to achieve. Hard to maintain. Requiring incredible vulnerability. </p><p></p><p>We are all the same. We are not different from each other. This is a universal truth that is hard to remember. Even our difficult children. They have the same fears, insecurities, et. al. </p><p></p><p>Realizing our commonality is the great equalizer and can open us up to greater intimacy. This board is a wonderful tool for that.</p><p></p><p>I love RR talking about how people hate to change. We hate it, and our difficult children hate it. Think about that. It takes incredible work to change. And it's very hard to do. </p><p></p><p>***********************************</p><p></p><p>Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation</p><p></p><p>Intimacy</p><p></p><p>Saying Yes</p><p>Friday, August 15, 2014</p><p></p><p>The soul defines itself by expansion and inclusion—not by saying “no,” but by offering a kind of courageous, risky “yes”: “Yes, I am like everybody else, capable of the same good and the same bad. They are all my brothers and sisters.” The soul knows that we are all equally naked underneath our clothes. Can you feel the scariness in that? When you allow the face of the other, the opinion of the other, the worldview of the other, to break through your barriers and boundaries, there is always a bit of fear, as in the first moments of nakedness or intimacy.</p><p></p><p>I can see why Jesus said, “For the gate is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:14). He is talking, first, about life in this world. On the unconscious level, I know that true intimacy with anything is going to change me. And if there is one thing that the ego hates more than anything else, is to change. I know that if I keep meditating, it is going to change my worldview, my priorities, and my preferences. It will be a new world, and I am comfortably hunkered down in this old one. It is a wonder that anyone continues the dangerous journey of prayer, step-by-step, into divine and soul intimacy.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Gateway to Silence:</p><p>The gaze of God receives me exactly as I am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 632958, member: 17542"] RR is talking about Intimacy. I think this is our heart's desire, intimacy with each other. But very risky. Hard to achieve. Hard to maintain. Requiring incredible vulnerability. We are all the same. We are not different from each other. This is a universal truth that is hard to remember. Even our difficult children. They have the same fears, insecurities, et. al. Realizing our commonality is the great equalizer and can open us up to greater intimacy. This board is a wonderful tool for that. I love RR talking about how people hate to change. We hate it, and our difficult children hate it. Think about that. It takes incredible work to change. And it's very hard to do. *********************************** Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation Intimacy Saying Yes Friday, August 15, 2014 The soul defines itself by expansion and inclusion—not by saying “no,” but by offering a kind of courageous, risky “yes”: “Yes, I am like everybody else, capable of the same good and the same bad. They are all my brothers and sisters.” The soul knows that we are all equally naked underneath our clothes. Can you feel the scariness in that? When you allow the face of the other, the opinion of the other, the worldview of the other, to break through your barriers and boundaries, there is always a bit of fear, as in the first moments of nakedness or intimacy. I can see why Jesus said, “For the gate is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:14). He is talking, first, about life in this world. On the unconscious level, I know that true intimacy with anything is going to change me. And if there is one thing that the ego hates more than anything else, is to change. I know that if I keep meditating, it is going to change my worldview, my priorities, and my preferences. It will be a new world, and I am comfortably hunkered down in this old one. It is a wonder that anyone continues the dangerous journey of prayer, step-by-step, into divine and soul intimacy. Gateway to Silence: The gaze of God receives me exactly as I am. [/QUOTE]
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