Center for Action and Contemplation - Richard
Rohr's Meditation “The Second Gaze” – Thursday, 28 November 2013
Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation
Seven Themes of an Alternative Orthodoxy
Seventh Theme: Reality is paradoxical and
complementary. Non-dual thinking is the highest level of consciousness. Divine
union, not private perfection, is the goal of all religion (Goal).
“The Second Gaze”
Meditation 20 of 52
To reach the goal of compassion we must
not stop with the first gaze. It is the second gaze that we struggle and wait
for most of our lives. In the first half of life, we have a critical mind and a
demanding heart and a lot of impatience. These characteristics are both gifts
and curses, as you might expect. We cannot risk losing touch with either our
angels or our demons. They are both good teachers. The trials of life
invariably lead us to a second gaze. This is the gaze of compassion and patience.
Now we look out at life from a place of Divine Intimacy where we are finally
safe and at home.
Only the second gaze sees fully and
truthfully. The final surprise is that one’s supposed second gaze is actually
God’s Eternal Gaze at you, which you have finally received like a long-awaited
radio signal, and once you receive it, it just automatically bounces back to
the Sender.(Adapted from Contemplation in Action, pages 19-20 The Daily
Meditations for 2013 are now available in Fr. Richard’s new book Yes, And . . .)
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