There is a part of you that . . . is awareness itself (as opposed to judgment itself).
Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation
"Becoming Who You Are"
"A Riverbed of Mercy"
Thursday, 12 June 2014
There is something in you that is not touched by coming and going, by up and down, by for or against, by the raucous team of totally right or totally wrong. There is a part of you that is patient with both goodness and evil, exactly as God is. There is a part of you that does not rush to judgment or demand closure now . Rather, it stands vigilant and patient in the tragic gap that almost every moment offers.
God is a riverbed of mercy. It is vast, silent, restful, and resourceful, and it receives and also lets go of all the comings and goings. It is awareness itself (as opposed to judgment itself), and awareness is not, as such, “thinking.” It refuses to be pulled into the emotional and mental tugs of war that most of life is. To look out from this untouchable silence is what we mean by contemplation.
In her book The Interior Castle , St. Teresa of Avila says, “The soul is spacious, plentiful, and its amplitude is impossible to exaggerate . . . the sun here radiates to every part . . . and nothing can diminish its beauty” (I, 2). This is your soul. It is God-in-you. This is your True Self.
Adapted from Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self, page 23
Gateway to Silence: Love is the presence of God within me.
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