40 Days of Letting Go, Letting God
From Release to Embrace
Rule 22
“Life is a temporary loan, and this World is nothing but a sketchy imitation of Reality. Only children would mistake a toy for the real thing. And yet human beings either become infatuated with the toy or disrespectfully break it and throw it aside. In this life, stay away from all kinds of extremities, for they will destroy your inner balance. Sufis do not go to extremes. A Sufi always remains mild and moderate.”*
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Today we affirm: I give myself grace with my mistakes,
and I make progress.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. Michelangelo
In this life, stay away from all kinds of extremities, for they will destroy your inner balance. Sufis do not go to extremes. A Sufi always remains mild and moderate. Rule 22
Just perfect! 🙂 Perfection is an extremity that cannot be achieved in the physical. There is only one perfection which is Divine Perfection.
There were times, often in the past, when attempted to perfect everything by controlling how others approached a task or by judging and condemning myself. Perfection or in my case, an attempt to do things the ‘right way’ caused so much anxiety that I was literally running on adrenalin, driving everyone crazy.
Living in Divine Perfection means – to me – that I attempt to get out of the way 🙂 and allow the flow of Life to guide me, showing me what I need to do and what I shouldn’t do.
Michelangelo is often quoted to say that he created David by chipping away all that was not David. This is how, in my understanding, Divine Perfection works: I simply do what is mine to do and allow the rest to emerge. Easier said than done, but I am working on it! 🙂
What did you discover by contemplation on this rule and Lent reading?
in Loving and with many Blessings,
Rev Kudlik
Please note that though I may use ‘him’ or ‘his’ pronouns to talk about God/the Divine, it is only because the English language does not have a gender neutral pronoun. ‘They’ sounds odd to me to use and ‘it’ sounds lifeless.