40 Days of Letting Go, Letting God
From Release to Embrace
Rule 26
“The universe is one being. Everything and everyone is interconnected through an invisible web of stories. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are all in a silent conversation. Do no harm — practice compassion. And do not gossip behind anyone’s back — not even a seemingly innocent remark! The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space and they will come back to us in due time. One man’s pain will hurt us all. One man’s joy will make everyone smile.”*
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Today we affirm: I have faith in the power that is vested in me.
OMG! This rule is so wonderful and so, so difficult to follow! I keep on catching myself puffing and huffing about something or someone. Every time, I feel that I cannot resolve a situation or I cannot rebalance my relationship with someone, I find myself having this inner conversation with myself in which I fume about what happened or about the other person’s behaviour or words.
Unfortunately, my ‘unforgiving attitude’ and ‘faulty-party-seeking’ inner monologue adds to the ‘negativity’ that we all generate. In my observation, humanity is pretty good at ‘hating each other’ on an international scale. I am talking about critical mass here, not everyone. We focus mostly on what we do not like about the another person so to save face. I am just the same.
It takes me considerable effort to catch these automatic thoughts, erase them and generate ‘enough’ positive thoughts so to rebalance all the condemning thoughts I put out.
The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space and they will come back to us in due time. One man’s pain will hurt us all. One man’s joy will make everyone smile. Rule 26
That is why I love doing this 40-day journey. It reminds me daily to keep on letting go of what does not generate good or loving in the world and it keeps on guiding me back to present moment, to the Loving, to the Goodness, to be compassionate.
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.