Contemplation Day28

40 Days of Letting Go, Letting God

From Release to Embrace

Rule 28

The past is an interpretation. The future is on illusion. The World does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead, time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness. If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.”

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Today we affirm: I find lessons and blessings in whatever is happening.

What if we were fully committed to living from universal principles and walking our talk of practical spirituality? What if instead of fighting what is in front of us, we center ourselves in the Divine Presence and face the music?

Whatever we find in front of ourselves, we have manifested that. Taking responsibility for our experiences is probably the hardest lesson to learn. From childhood we are taught to be victims of our circumstances and with that we keep on generating those experiences until we stop and face the music. 

If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment. Rule 28

It took me a long (looooooong) time to realize the difference between taking responsibility and being controlling. When I am controlling, I am not in the present and I don’t feel illuminated at all. I focus on what I want and put all my efforts in MAKING SURE that that’s what’s going to happen.

Taking responsibility is stepping back, meditating, allowing life to bring me the experiences that I inherently hold within myself because of the energies I hold in myself. When the experiences arrive, I look at them, deal with them, then go into meditation and release them so new (hopefully even nicer) experiences can come forth. 

This is what release and embrace is all about!
 

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. 

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