Freedom from fear

I am going to intentionally go out on a limb in this post, presenting a video from a profound mindset away from the Catholic faith.  When I was younger, intellectually exploring, fueled by Carl Jung and Hermann Hesse, I enjoyed entertaining foreign philosophical and religious thought.  I credit My Holy Mother in anchoring, always knowing I was expanding, yet never doubting my obedience and loyalty to Catholicism.  The rootedness and conviction I must give credit to God.  I wandered freely, loose in morality and thought, yet never did my devotion to Catholicism waver.  God is good and all giving.  The reason I post this video is multi-faceted.  The man, Khrisnamurti, held me captive from the first time listening to him. As a young man, I would pursue his audio books, taking in his message specifically from listening to him speak.  I have no doubt he is a spiritual master beyond the perception of the majority.  The totality of the man mesmerized my attention from first contact, soothing the core of my being.  I am positive his message of deconstruction, stripping the pursuit of faith from all forms of pleasure is essential to those advanced in the prayer life—similar in regard to St John of the Cross, exact in magnitude. I adore the foundation of his message that he is a speaker merely speaking.  His words mean nothing, holding nothing special unless the listener is able to absorb them openly, able to allow, perceiving what is happening inside himself.  The speaker does not need to speak, nor does he need to be perceived as a spiritual master.  He is happy and content to be left alone, yet something deeper calls forth the speaker to utter words.  The words can be accepted, debated, rejected, or placed on a pedestal as advanced, admired immensely, yet this is really nothing, simply the pursuit of pleasure when concentrated upon through reflection.  When going deeper through the practice of prayer, experience exercising over and over a devotion to ways and means, the fullness of the Catholic faith taken off in order to allow a rearming, it is important to strip one’s self of securities and pleasure.  The stripping is not done for austerities sake, not performed because pleasure is bad, it is not just another exercise or entertainment, yet something greater exists, something more serious, a potentiality waiting to implode.  Without rejection or acceptance, as the Blessed Henry Suso states matters: when one is able to let go of concepts of God in order to grow closer to God, one becomes more present in the present, free from obstacles and baggage.  The deconstruction attains purpose due to the existence of God, the fullness of the Catholic faith able to construct in essence rather than dogma and formality—Christ allowed to fulfill the law—Ideology usurped by Wisdom; the Trinity allowed to work its omnipotence, to reveal its omnipresence, a loving mother receiving, a lover in repose awaiting, infusion inoculating.  I am convinced it is the heart of the message of Pope Francis.  I also relate matters to my relationship with the significant other.  I am being drawn away from those perceiving themselves as Catholic bigshots, while not distancing individuals, avoiding mental confrontation, energy wasting bitter fighting or debating, lovingly moving into love.  It is difficult for me, an area calling forth painful healing, the book ‘Healing the Eight Stages of Life’ assisting, something soothing on all levels transforms.  The reception and sharing of love through an intimate one-on-one encounter enriches, presenting the demand for patience, trust, and self-examination.  Delusion, insensitive assumptions, the need to be right (mastery), apathy, an antagonistic nature, ingrained habitual singular behavior, the comfort of not answering to anyone, many things call forth a separation, yet a deeper calling, one beyond pleasure arises. I am captivated by Krishnamurti’s insistence that love is beyond the pursuit of pleasure.  It is not sensual and emotional, while being affected by these powerful elements of thought.  Within pleasure is fear and pain.  Love on the deepest levels transforms eternally beyond woundedness.  Richard Rohr’s statement that relationships are a preparation for the deepest of loves existing within eternity appoints serious relevancy.  The significant other astounds with her reception of love.  She receives as well as gives.  She is able to receive love.  In kindness and gentleness…she provided the appropriate words in a quote she supplied: ‘Chaff and grain together; Certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, Keep what is worth keeping, And then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away’.  In receiving love, making herself vulnerable, she becomes spiritually powerful, an intelligence awaiting, an interesting individual sharing in experience, a presence penetrating, allowing the mutual alleviating of fear—while inducing a proper, deeper, awareness of responsibility—both on a natural and spiritual level.  Anyway, the video is long, yet not too long at a half hour.  God is good and all giving.  It is not for everyone, yet the speaker speaks and now it is recorded and accessible through Youtube.

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