Paul said “we have the mind of Christ” but he didn’t talk about it. We can infer, from the fact that the heart of Christ was drained empty, from the fact that, when the temple in Jerusalem was sacked, the holy of holies was found the same way: the mind of Christ is an empty mind. Contemplation is a temporary taste of emptiness, obedience is emptiness carried into action. Humility is emptiness that’s become an effortless default. “Christ” is the name for when emptiness eclipses identity. “I live,” says the scriptures, “but not I, Christ lives in me.” No sensation, emotion, thought or action is ours to build an ego story from. They belong to Christ: if you want to be freed from anxiety, say “always carrying in the body the death of Christ, so that the life of Christ may be made known in our mortal bodies also.” If what you can’t accept becomes Christ, there might be reason, in the end, to not only allow it, but be devoted to it. ...
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Prologue
God called all things good and holy, revealed himself as “I am,” then called you to self-emptying, in imitation of your teacher. And that begat a fair question. You looked at holiness and goodness, at everything that makes up your self, and said “if I give all this up, what will you use to guide me?” I watched the question play hell on mind, emotions and nervous system. I kept whispering “give up self, do not judge.” I kept saying “prophesy to the dry bones, the flesh and the breath,” so that every level of your embodied existence could let go and hear what I am telling you. In reality, you will be listening ever more deeply until your last breath. So settle in. Eat something–lest the journey be too much for you. “Who you think you are” will not get out of this alive. But rejoice, because the rest of you has a fair chance at it. ...