So far it has been about ME

[Zeldarocks]

**I realized something, this journey has so far been a one-way conversation; it has been me seeking and asking others about the Church and coming into full communion with it. I have virtually neglected the voice of God in this thus far; save for the Rosary, (which I haven’t even been praying lately) I have neglected meditation on the Word of God, or long-term discernment in prayer, (I would say mostly for fear of being led another way, at least initially).

I take it I should transition from active seeking, to silent contemplation and prayer…

Your perspectives and advice on the above is welcome and needed.

 

[Thankfulness]

I guess what you may have realized is that there is a need for balance in our lives.
While we may need to seek and ask,
and to consider and assist others where we can,
we also need to give time and energy to relationship with God.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

I posted this on another thread a while ago, but I think it’s useful here.

The ego is the self-awareness of our carnal minds. Christ is the substance of our spiritual minds, which have the law of love as a basis and in in communion with the one Spirit.

Maybe you could look at it like the carnal mind is the accident, which through the Eucharist takes on the substance of the mind of Christ.

Anyway if I call the “rational mind” that through which the false self is incarnated through social conditioning, then the “intuitive mind” would be the true self, which is essentially the Holy Spirit, which was incarnated through the Word to be our guides.

When we are at conflict due to our wills – basically tendencies for the carnal mind to prefer to think on its own without consulting the the spirit mind – our thoughts are thus severed from the divine and become an island of consciousness drifting with no anchor or rock or even eyes to see where it’s going because we are taught we should look within our human reasoning to figure things out but meanwhile we lose sight of land and if we can’t get back to land or are saved by a boat or helicopter, we stand to die in the condition of that separation.

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[Neil_Anthony]

**I realized something, this journey has so far been a one-way conversation; it has been me seeking and asking others about the Church and coming into full communion with it. I have virtually neglected the voice of God in this thus far; save for the Rosary, (which I haven’t even been praying lately) I have neglected meditation on the Word of God, or long-term discernment in prayer, (I would say mostly for fear of being led another way, at least initially).

I take it I should transition from active seeking, to silent contemplation and prayer…

Your perspectives and advice on the above is welcome and needed.

I think you’re right. These discussions on here are just theory. You need to practice it too

 

[the_phoenix]

**
I take it I should transition from active seeking, to silent contemplation and prayer…

Your perspectives and advice on the above is welcome and needed.

“The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service.”

~~ Mother Teresa

 

[AlanFromWichita]

“The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service.”

~~ Mother Teresa

Our diocese could have saved time and effort if they let this be their entire stewardship program.

Alan