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November 2, 2011
Photograph courtesy of CAC Archives
Emotional Sobriety-
All Souls' Day
Contemplation develops an entirely different operating system, different software where the private self is not the center of attention and interpretation. This is the “grain of wheat” that Jesus says must die “or it remains just a grain of wheat.” But if it dies, “it bears much fruit” (John 12:24). Mature and contemplative religion has always known that we need a new way of thinking, which Paul called “the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16) or a “spiritual revolution of the mind” (Ephesians 4:23).
Only with this new mind can we also develop a new heart too, and a new emotional response to the moment. When it is not all about me, we can see from a new, much deeper, and broader set of eyes.
Adapted from "The Change That Changes Everything,"
The Drumbeat (free monthly e-newsletter from Men As Learners and Elders), October 2011
Starter Prayer:
Change my mind.
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