40 Days of Letting Go, Letting God
From Release to Embrace
Rule 27
“Whatever you speak, good or evil, will somehow come back to you. Therefore, if there is someone who harbors ill thoughts about you, saying similarly bad things about him will only make matters worse. You will be locked in a vicious circle of malevolent energy. Instead, for forty days and nights, say and think beautiful things about that person. Everything will be different at the end of 40 days because you will be different inside.”*
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Today we affirm: I first look for the good (God) in everyone and everything
Whatever you speak, good or evil, will somehow come back to you. Therefore, if there is someone who harbors ill thoughts about you, saying similarly bad things about him will only make matters worse. You will be locked in a vicious circle of malevolent energy. Instead, for forty days and nights, say and think beautiful things about that person. Everything will be different at the end of 40 days because you will be different inside. Rule27
Today, the rule speaks for itself (again). I can give you numerous examples of the above but I am sure you have your own example.
The one thing that come to mind to share is the importance of awareness or insight. Most often than not, we do not even realize that we speak ‘evil’ because we live in the world of our Ego. And the Ego is often hurt by what others say or do. When that happens, the hurt Ego moves into ‘revenge’ mode and starts either gossiping about or blaming the ‘culprit’. But if we learn to stay present …
Have you seen the film? If you stay present, life appears in slow-motion mode and you can observe what you are doing and what others are doing. You are constantly aware of what is happening in you, with you and with others. In mid air, you can change the way you speak from ‘evil’ to ‘good’ by moving back into neutrality or the Loving.
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.