Matthew under the arm 82
In the middle of a market place, at dusk yesterday, there was Columba telling one of his stories. 10 children had a candle each. They lit the candles and were enjoying the gentle warm light that they gave out. One little boy said to his sister next to him, 'My flame is higher than yours'. She lent across and blew the boy's candle out. He then lent across and blew hers out and the boy's on his other side, so angry was he at being treated like this. Before they knew it, not only was everyone trying to blow everyone else's candle out, but they were throwing them at each, causing screaming from the hot wax landing on skin, except for one little boy. When he had his candle out, he simply looked and remained still. He didn't join in the candle throwing. He stood up, and went to collect 10 new candles and lit them all, a little distance away. He sat and waited...
Matthew 17:22,23….
For Jesus ‘to be given into the power of men’ arises from an attitude of deep self-knowledge and clarity. His attitude of non-resistance is one of clarity and even assertion and not of misplaced meekness. The power of his submission (if that's the appropriate word) is greater than any oppressive power against him. The story of Jesus execution and God’s raising him is about the transfiguration of negative energies by non-resistance and the intention of understanding destructive forces that arise from fear. This dynamic approach through death strained the disciples imagination and understanding....and still does!
I would enter into Your Divine self-awareness and so be an instrument of peace and creativity
The sadness that you may feel when someone you love dies or leaves, highlights the level of your possessiveness or dependence. In the silence, allow your imagination to feel the level of possessiveness or dependence in your relationships. Now, imagine you have this intimate relationship with Christ. Feel him telling you of his coming execution and 'sense' the absence of any suggestion of resistance. Use the sentence to deepen your understanding of the creative place of non-resistance in the practicalities and relationships of your life.
+Martin
Argyll and The Isles
Matthew 17:22,23….
For Jesus ‘to be given into the power of men’ arises from an attitude of deep self-knowledge and clarity. His attitude of non-resistance is one of clarity and even assertion and not of misplaced meekness. The power of his submission (if that's the appropriate word) is greater than any oppressive power against him. The story of Jesus execution and God’s raising him is about the transfiguration of negative energies by non-resistance and the intention of understanding destructive forces that arise from fear. This dynamic approach through death strained the disciples imagination and understanding....and still does!
I would enter into Your Divine self-awareness and so be an instrument of peace and creativity
The sadness that you may feel when someone you love dies or leaves, highlights the level of your possessiveness or dependence. In the silence, allow your imagination to feel the level of possessiveness or dependence in your relationships. Now, imagine you have this intimate relationship with Christ. Feel him telling you of his coming execution and 'sense' the absence of any suggestion of resistance. Use the sentence to deepen your understanding of the creative place of non-resistance in the practicalities and relationships of your life.
+Martin
Argyll and The Isles
Labels: Non-resistence
posted by Martin at 9:30 am
1 Comments:
Saying the sadness you may feel when you lose someone you love highlights the level of your possessiveness or dependence makes loving someone sound to be completely selfish. Whilst I agree that there are elements of both these present, I beleieve a lot of the sadness is due to the level of self-giving to the person lost. If you have truly given a part of yourself as two people become one, then when that person is lost, so is the part of you that was given to that person. That I believe is something very different than dependence. I feel that there is a danger in what you say causing someone who is suffering deeply the loss of a loved one to feel that their sadness is totally selfish and so wrong.
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