Holy Busyness
[Our] mind should swing from inspiration to action, from contemplation to accomplishment, from prayer to performance. SOM pp. 477 He who act...
[Our] mind should swing from inspiration to action, from contemplation to accomplishment, from prayer to performance.
SOM pp. 477
He who acts out of the pure love of God, not only does he not perform his action to be seen by men, but does not do them even that God may know them. Such a one, if he thought it possible that his good works might escape the eye of God, would still perform them with some joy, and in the same pureness of love.
Saint John of the Cross
Today’s world seems to be hurried, busy with much to do, many actions to perform and choices to make. So much so, that when we most need to take action, we often cannot. Paralyzed by lists of tasks, reponsibilities, decisions and difficult and weighty challenges, we are sometimes unable to do what is before us.
Perhaps at such times, inaction is the appropriate response. Perhaps at times of difficulty, stress and confusion, the very best choice is to pause, wait and become recentered.
To return to the world with a sense of joy and commitment that transcends the challenges of ordinary everyday life, we must surely set aside time daily to make known our choices and desires to the Spirit within. This, followed by a time of quite meditation and a willingness to be the instrument through which the Mind of God expresses, transforms our every action into a celebration of God as us.
Indeed, regular time spent in silence prepares us to stand firm and confident in such times when the weight of the world seems to bare down.
Today I enter into each activity with the quiet confidence that Spirit is expressing as me by means of my thoughts, words and deeds. I choose wisely, therefore, because I know that nothing can hinder the pure activity of Life through me. I give thanks for my life and all that is in it.
SOM pp. 477
He who acts out of the pure love of God, not only does he not perform his action to be seen by men, but does not do them even that God may know them. Such a one, if he thought it possible that his good works might escape the eye of God, would still perform them with some joy, and in the same pureness of love.
Saint John of the Cross
Today’s world seems to be hurried, busy with much to do, many actions to perform and choices to make. So much so, that when we most need to take action, we often cannot. Paralyzed by lists of tasks, reponsibilities, decisions and difficult and weighty challenges, we are sometimes unable to do what is before us.
Perhaps at such times, inaction is the appropriate response. Perhaps at times of difficulty, stress and confusion, the very best choice is to pause, wait and become recentered.
To return to the world with a sense of joy and commitment that transcends the challenges of ordinary everyday life, we must surely set aside time daily to make known our choices and desires to the Spirit within. This, followed by a time of quite meditation and a willingness to be the instrument through which the Mind of God expresses, transforms our every action into a celebration of God as us.
Indeed, regular time spent in silence prepares us to stand firm and confident in such times when the weight of the world seems to bare down.
Today I enter into each activity with the quiet confidence that Spirit is expressing as me by means of my thoughts, words and deeds. I choose wisely, therefore, because I know that nothing can hinder the pure activity of Life through me. I give thanks for my life and all that is in it.
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and so it is. I first saw these four words as the rubber stamp like I have used amen. And now I see how it also says, I embrace that this is the reality. wow
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