We best understand God when we try not to understand God.
This goes back to having a beginner’s mind.
We maintain a posture of openness.
We let go and admit that we don’t know.
We simply trust.
We leave our “small mind” and enter the “larger mind.”
We die to our self.
Cynthia Bourgeault wrote, “Dying to self means being willing to let go of what I want (or think I want) in order to create space for God to direct, lead, and guide me into a truer way of being.”
We die to what the world tells us we need.
When I practice centering prayer I move from “let go” to “let be.”
I let myself “be” with God.
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I am currently reading Awakening To I Am Love: How Finding Your True Self Transforms Your Wellbeing, Relationships, and What You Do by David Youngren.
New: Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm by Cynthia Bourgeault.
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