03-18-2014, 12:19 PM
A "spiritual exercise" (don't remember where I read or heard it many years ago):
Every sentence you utter and every thought you think which contains the words "you," "he," "she," or "they," "them" ----
Restate it substituting "I," or "me."
For example: "They are greedy, bloodsucking thieves" becomes "I am a greedy, bloodsucking thief."
"You are lazy" becomes "I am lazy."
I think the object is to help us become aware that the faults we see in others are actually the faults we see and despise in ourselves.
When we can see Christ in everyone we live in paradise.
Every sentence you utter and every thought you think which contains the words "you," "he," "she," or "they," "them" ----
Restate it substituting "I," or "me."
For example: "They are greedy, bloodsucking thieves" becomes "I am a greedy, bloodsucking thief."
"You are lazy" becomes "I am lazy."
I think the object is to help us become aware that the faults we see in others are actually the faults we see and despise in ourselves.
When we can see Christ in everyone we live in paradise.