The Mind of Christ

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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The Pitfalls of the Higher Self, and why "The Name of Jesus" is the Solution

Quiet, if it is complete enough, is revelatory. But practitioners may not dig what it reveals: "Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Sorrow, Lust, Wrath, Vanity, Pride"--these are the bits that add up to the ego.  Fine and good--it's important to figure out what our relationship's going to be with our basic needs for food, shelter, security, affection.  And it's important to feel the anxious uselessness of our manipulations at need fulfillment.  Letting go will be easier if "waiting on providence and the Spirit" are the only paths that create serenity. ...

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