Sun on the beach today.
In the Prologue of The Rule of St. Benedict we are asked to listen with the ‘ear of your heart’. What a comforting way to listen-- to God, to ourselves or to others.
When I first set out on my walk today all I could hear with the beeping of construction trucks working on the road. Certainly not what Benedict had in mind. It was difficult to settle into listening with ear of my heart. In fact, I have a long way to go to hear anything in that way. Today the best I could do was to release some of my judgments and chatter when they came up. I felt was a good start because I’m pretty certain that I have a many useless, noisy thoughts blocking my heart.
Speaking of thoughts, how about this one? What about seeing with the ‘eye of your heart’?
When I first set out on my walk today all I could hear with the beeping of construction trucks working on the road. Certainly not what Benedict had in mind. It was difficult to settle into listening with ear of my heart. In fact, I have a long way to go to hear anything in that way. Today the best I could do was to release some of my judgments and chatter when they came up. I felt was a good start because I’m pretty certain that I have a many useless, noisy thoughts blocking my heart.
Speaking of thoughts, how about this one? What about seeing with the ‘eye of your heart’?
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