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From The Restory - Conversations On The Journey (150)

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What The Mystics Know 

2) We Don't Have To Be Perfect


“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? 
Come to me. 
Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. 
I’ll show you how to take a real rest. 
Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. 
Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. 
I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. 
Keep company with me 
and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ ‭MSG                              




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Question of the Day: How does one incorporate imperfection?
In a Navajo rug there is always one clear imperfection woven into the pattern. And interestingly enough, this is precisely where the Spirit moves in and out of the rug! The Semitic mind, the Eastern mind (which, by the way, Jesus would have been much closer to) understands perfection in precisely that way. The East is much more comfortable with paradox, mystery, and non-dual thinking than the Western mind which is formed by Greek logic.
Perfection is not the elimination of imperfection, as we think. Divine perfection is, in fact, the ability to recognize, forgive, and include imperfection!—just as God does with all of us. Only in this way can we find the beautiful and hidden wholeness of God underneath the passing human show. It is the gift of non-dual thinking and seeing, which itself is a gift of love, suffering, and grace. In fact, this is the radical grace that grounds all holy seeing and doing.

Richard Rohr           

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"Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering"





Be good. And sensitive to what our imperfect lives want to gift us with:

What is torn lets the wind sing through it; what is cracked lets the light pour in.



With our love.


George & Matilda


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