spirituality trumps selfishness

"The purpose of prayer is .....to get rid of self-conceit.

One who is ego-centric and selfish .... cannot achieve anything spiritually. "

                                           Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya

You don’t have to be a perfect person or in a certain place to experience the fullness of God. God is always given, incarnate in every moment, and present to those who know how to be present themselves. Strangely enough, it is often imperfect people and people in quite secular settings who encounter “The Presence” (Parousia, “fullness”), more than overtly religious people preoccupied with doing their rituals correctly.  Richard Rohr

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Spiritually

The biggest mistake I can make

Is to think it is all about me

My intelligence

My discipline

My wisdom

My knowledge

My depth

My training

As if

Ultimately

It is about myself

Losing myself in the silence

In the space

In that which is sacred, big, beautiful

In the grandeur of the mountain

In the quiet noisiness of the woods

In the beauty of light through stained glass

In broken bread, and wine

Losing myself in the fullness

Finding myself in the fullness

Knowing how great!

And how small

I

Am