A meditation from the Benedictine, Richard Rohr: 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.Perfection Is Precisely the Ability to Include Imperfection. In an authentic 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 Native mind, and the Eastern mind (which, by the way, Jesus would have been much closer to) understand perfection in precisely that way. The East is much more comfortable with paradox, mystery, and non-dual thinking than the Western mind, which has been much more formed by Greek logic, which is very clear, very consistent, and very helpful by also being dualistic. It seems to me that you first have to succeed at good dualistic thinking before you can also experience its limitations. But most Western people just stop there, and find that they are unable to deal with death, suffering, the illogic of love, any honest notion of God, Mystery, or infinity. 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. This is the “pearl of great price,” in my opinion. Non-dual thinking and seeing is the change that changes everything. It makes love, mercy, patience, and forgiveness possible.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:28:08 +0000
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