08.10.08
staying put
Reflecting on the Benedictine vow of stability, Ryan Bell writes of the challenge to be fully present. He quotes Joan Chittister,
“Learning to look is so difficult in a culture that is highly technological and intent on fixing what is not broken. Nothing is ever good enough here. What might be is always so much more important to us than what is. And so presence becomes a distant possibility rather than a personal reality. But Benedictine spirituality says that the Now is holy and full of God and to be savored and suffused with the consciousness of the God of time” (Wisdom Distilled from the Daily).
Pat said,
August 10, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Ah, perfect timing Len. I was away this weekend and today am writing a paper, and the whole time thinking much about how much I value the Buddhist discilipline of mindfulness and presence. And thinking that the Christian practice of the same must be possible, though I haven’t clicked with it yet. But I sure want to.
len said,
August 10, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Pat, Senge quote at the end of this post might be helpful too..
http://nextreformation.com/?p=1579
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