[Oe List ...] Richard Rohr quote

Tue Nov 1 14:58:20 EDT 2011

Thanks so much for this, George. Our retreat group, 11 O:E women, are all  
reading Rohr's Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of  Life. 
Very helpful. It uses the metaphor for the 2nd half of life  from
The Odyssey, of Odysseus setting off again after  his return (the last 2 
chapters of the book.) Gives me new courage to try  Kazantzakis' Odyssey again.

In a message dated 11/1/2011 5:27:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
geowanda at earthlink.net writes:

After  reading some of our responses (I'm a little late), I ran across this 
from  Richard Rohr's daily meditation, and sent me back to our 3 day fast 
and  scrubbing our graves.  

"Contemplation is not first of all about being  religious, introverted, or 
pious—it is about being emotionally and mentally  honest! Contemplation is 
an alternative consciousness that refuses to  identify with or feed what are 
only passing shows.It is the absolute opposite  of addiction, consumerism, 
or any egoic consciousness.
Egoic  consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are 
told there  is something else. At the egoic level it is all about me, my  
preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires, and me and my group as the  
central reference point. Most people do not even know there is another way of  
thinking or feeling. It was religion's job to tell them about a different 
kind  of software, and the original word for it was simply prayer. But even  
the concept and practice of prayer became captive to the voracious needs of  
the ego.  Even prayer became a way to get God to do what we  wanted"  

George  Holcombe
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"Stay  hungry, stay foolish"  Whole Earth Catalog via Steve  Jobs

On Oct 31, 2011, at 10:32 AM, R Williams wrote:

When thinking of holding  the interior life and the exterior mission in 
creative tension the names of  two who appear to have done and have written 
about it are Matthew Fox and  Parker Palmer.  Randy

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