Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify…

Richard Rohr
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Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness. ✨ Contemplation: Finding Ourselves, Finding God by Richard Rohr, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 13, 2011.
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God comes to you disguised as your life. ✨ Richard Rohr (2011). AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, p.76, John Wiley & Sons
Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others. ✨ Richard Rohr (2004). Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation, Crossroad Publishing Company
When 'happiness' eludes us - as, eventually, it always will - we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again. ✨ Contemplation: Finding Ourselves, … ▶
There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.
The Eucharist becomes a microcosmic moment of belief and power in which we say we believe in the real presence of God in Jesus, in this bread, and in this wine.

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