Sunday, June 17, 2012

Loving Me

I have a habit or a tendency to make inappropriate cryptic remarks. Of course, in the moment, I justify it by telling myself that I am speaking "the truth" and that people need "the truth". Of course, I haven't gotten the most wonderful response from my gifts of "truth". And so, being the wonderful-but-not-stupid person that I am, I've been working on this tendency.

And while I've made progress, I have noticed how Loving-Robin weaves into this process. One of the ways this happens is that I have begun to exit situations that I know I will not be able to resist the temptation to say something. Use to, I would stay and tell myself I needed to learn to resist the temptation. The premise was, until I learn to resist the temptation in the moment, I had learned nothing at all. Now, because my love for Robin continues to grow, I don't remain in situations where I will have to struggle to keep my mouth shut. I simply exit. I love Robin too much to stress her!

Friday, June 8, 2012

Different Truths

One of my more recent "theories" is that about a third of humanity is born with these Little Engines Running Inside Them and about two thirds of us are attracted to those with Little Engines Running Inside Them. We are attracted to their energy the way moths are attracted to light.

The wonderful thing about Centering Prayer is that it helps both groups of people. The ones with Little Engines Running Inside Them need to learn how to "tone it down" and the ones attracted to them, learn that, lo and behold, we actually have our own Little Engines Inside that simply need a little encouragement. We have to learn how to own and use our Own Little Engines.

So Centering Prayer is like an interior magnifying glass - it magnifies the part we need to grow towards in order to live abundantly, which decreases our tendency to use the magnifying glass externally on others.