Stop right now
trying to arrange
the life/life style
you want to live.
And trust yourself
to the Mystery!
Better yet,
thrust yourself
into the hands of the Mystery!
And live from there
in all that you do!
The Mystery is beyond words.
Beyond concepts.
Beyond grasping.
Beyond understanding.
But.
Quite capable of being known.
And trusted.
And loved, revered, adored.
And realized/recognized
as one with us
when we are living
at one with the Mystery.
We all are the Mystery made apparent,
become real, actual, present...
We are aspects of the Mystery,
and are,
when we are living at one with the Mystery
transparent to the Mystery,
and are,
for all intents and purposes,
the Mystery actualizing the Mystery ourselves.
To be that,
we have but to get out of the way.
Lay aside our plans,
agendas,
schemes,
strategies,
ideas,
timetable
for ourselves,
and place ourselves
in the service of the Mystery
from this time forth
and forevermore.
It is as simple as saying,
"Okay. Let's go."
And getting out of the way.
Replacing our way
with emptiness/stillness/silence,
and waiting there for something
to arise/appear/emerge on its own,
and allow it to take it from there.
No matter what.
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Hi, Jim – Something new I’d like to share: Master’s Theses explores various spiritual backgrounds and current practices of the people of the three Tikanga Anglican Church within the Province of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia:
https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10523/7515/GerritsenMaxA2017MTheol.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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This post from Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation dated Sat., 7-10-21, shares at the bottom an intriguing version of the prayer of Jesus (Lord’s Prayer) from the Anglican Church of New Zealand, which both honors and reflects indigenous Māori culture:
https://cac.org/daily-meditations/great-themes-of-scripture-new-testament-weekly-summary-2021-07-10/
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This is a beautiful link, and I am working slowly through the material available here, and am grateful for the connection!
I cannot post a separate reply to your second link, but I find it to be a wonderful re-interpretation/translation/understanding of the essence of the original “Lord’s prayer.” Each age, I think, has to do its own “owning” of that prayer, and of prayer generally. And no age owes previous ages the homage of continuing to carry the burden handed to it from the past. Always the announcement: “The old has passed away, behold, the new has come!” It is the place of the old to pass away and to welcome the new as it comes! Orthodoxy has to become heresy in this way, on and on, forever.
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Thanks so much for your reply! I agree that the reinterpretation of the Lord’s Prayer carries a heartfelt rendition for our more current era, especially for New Zealand Māori Anglicans. I think it shows a sensitivity and maturity of the Anglican Church there to be so inclusive and affirming.
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I have now read the PDF of the New Zealand Prayer Book and found much there to fold into my understanding of how things are and how they got to be that way. It, too, is a wonderful link, and I will be referring to it, I expect, forever. The irrelevance of the New Testament’s presentation of Jesus as sacrifice for human sin, and that being put forward as the only foundation for a relationship with “God,” is increasingly indefensible and gradually taking its place “in the dustbin of history.” Which cannot come too soon!
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I am so glad you found the PDF interesting! Your comments about a sacrificial Jesus are interesting to me, as well. I plan to take a look at the thesis when I get a chance. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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