Sidestepping The Fight

Twice in one day! Seems a little excessive, but I found this in my inbox today, and though it worth passing on. It makes sense to me.

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Image: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (detail), c. 1601-1602, by Caravaggio    Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation Seven Themes of an Alternative Orthodoxy Seventh Theme: Reality is paradoxical and complementary. Non-dual thinking is the highest level of consciousness. Divine union, not private perfection, is the goal of all religion (Goal). Liberals Versus Conservatives Meditation 21 of 52 At this time in history, the contemporary choice offered most Americans isbetween unstable correctness (liberals) and stable illusion (conservatives)!What a choice! It has little to do with real transformation in either case. How different from the radical traditionalism of T.S. Eliot: “You are not here to verify, instruct yourself, or inform curiosity or carry report. You are here to kneel . . . ” (Little Gidding) There is a third way, and it probably is a way of “kneeling.” Most people would just call it “wisdom.” It demands a transformation of consciousness and a move beyond the dualistic win/lose mind of both liberals and conservatives. An authentic God encounter is the quickest and truest path to such wisdom, which is non-dual consciousness. Neither expelling nor excluding (conservative temptation), nor perfect explaining (liberal temptation) is our task. True participation in God liberates us each from our control towers and for the compelling and overarching vision of the Reign of God—where there are no liberals or conservatives. Here, the paradoxes—life and death, success and failure, loyalty to what is and risk for what needs to be—do not fight with one another, but lie in an endless embrace. We must penetrate behind them both—into the Mystery that bears them both. This is contemplation in action. Adapted from Contemplation in Action, pp. 27-30 The Daily Meditations for 2013 are now available  in Fr. Richard’s new book Yes, And . . . . Give a CAC Bookstore certificate, an invitation to transformation and peace.     As you plan your year-end giving, please keep CAC in mind. Donor support allows CAC to continue and expand its work of sharing Fr. Richard’s emancipatory teaching with the world! Donate securely online or send a check, payable to CAC, to:  PO Box 12464, Albuquerque, NM 87195. For more information about charitable giving, including stock transfers, bequests and other ways of supporting CAC, visit cac.org/support-cac. Did you get this message forwarded from someone else? Wish to sign up for CAC's email lists yourself? Subscribe to CAC email lists here. You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the CAC’s “Daily Meditations and CAC Updates ” email list. You can unsubscribe or change your email preferences at any time. If you would like to change your email address, please email a request to techassist@cac.org with your current and new email addresses. Please do not reply to this email. For more info about: •  Living School, visit cac.org/rohr-inst. •  CAC Events, visit cac.org/events. •  CAC Bookstore, visit store.cac.org. •  Supporting CAC, visit cac.org/support-dm. •  Technical Help, email techassist@cac.org. Copyright © 2013 Center for Action and Contemplation 1705 Five Points Rd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105 (physical)  PO Box 12464, Albuquerque, NM 87195-2464 (mailing)  (505) 242-9588 cac.org