Monday: I see imperfection all around me and within me. If spirituality cannot teach us how to find God within all our messiness, what value does it really have?
Tuesday: We now live in a culture that so exults self-affirming feelings that we have lost our capacity to own our own shadows, to acknowledge our capacity for self-destructive behaviors. By contrast, both the disciples of Jesus and Yogananda were imperfect and fully aware of their imperfections.
Wednesday: The “sword” that Jesus speaks of is not a weapon of violence, but the power to re-establish order, justice, health, and harmony as is necessary.
Thursday: God’s goodness means the end of our frightening stories and the beginning of a life of adventurous freedom.
Friday: Living the spiritual life in an honest manner is walking a razor’s edge of sorts. On one side is pure humility which leads us to admit our complete powerlessness and dependency on God. The other edge is our God-given power to author our lives according to our most soulful aspirations.
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