40 Days of Letting Go, Letting God
From Release to Embrace
Rule 32
“Nothing should stand between you and God. No imams, priests, rabbis, or any other custodians of moral or religious leadership. Not spiritual masters and not even your faith. Believe in your values and your rules, but never lord them over others. If you keep breaking other people’s hearts, whatever religious duty you perform is no good. Stay away from all sorts of worship, for they will blur your vision. Let God and only God be your guide. Learn the Truth, my friend, but be careful not to make a fetish out of your truths.”*
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Today we affirm: Collaborating with the Divine, my heart’s desires are fulfilled
Nothing should stand between you and God. No imams, priests, rabbis, or any other custodians of moral or religious leadership. Not spiritual masters and not even your faith … Stay away from all sorts of worship, for they will blur your vision. … Let God and only God be your guide. Rule 32
Today’s rule has always been my guide. The very reason I could not join any religious orders was this very rule. I have always been looking for a relationship with the Divine without others telling me ‘what’ or ‘who’ the Divine is.
I have nothing against any organised religions. I believe that they all serve a purpose. We join religious or spiritual organisations because we find our values matched there. This is how it should be.
Not letting anything stand between me and God is another matter. I believe that the reason why we are not enlightened beings, myself included, is because there are numerous things standing between me and God. Many things that we are practising to let go of during this Lenten Season are among them.
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.