Readings week of February 16th.

Readings from last week's Daily Contemplative Pauses

*All previous readings & reflections can be found here*

Monday, February 16th

Reading: “When, during the time of meditation, angry or frightened or self-justifying thoughts arise, we use whatever method our practice teaches (saying the mantra, inner witnessing, letting go, etc.) to help us stay clear of attachment (which drags us immediately back to our smaller self) and connected to that deeper level of awareness. With patience and persistence, these skills first patterned in meditation can be transferred to "real life" so that we actually begin to live like the Good Samaritan, the woman at the well, or the generous father in the parable of the Prodigal Son. Through meditation it gradually becomes ingrained in us that "losing one's life," regardless of the action that may ultimately be required of us in the outer world, entails first and foremost a passage from our ordinary awareness to our spiritual one, because only at this deeper level of non-fearbased, wholistic perception will we be able to understand what is actually required of us. In fact, more than a few recent writers have suggested that Jesus' well-loved Kingdom of Heaven is none other than this: life lived from the perspective of an attained spiritual awareness.” — Cynthia Bourgeault, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, p. 81-83

Chant: Awaken o my heart, Awaken o my heart, so I can move into the larger mind, for the kingdom is at hand  — Tony Martin

Tuesday, February 17th

Chant: Hold fast the hope, which anchors the soul, which is sure and steadfast, that you may float above the world’s sea.  — Paulette Meier, Wellsprings of Life

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