JOURNEY WITH MARY [Episode 6] - 6. NECESSITY TO BE SILENT AND IN SOLITUDE LIKE MARY

In the JOURNEY WITH MARY  we reflected on “Dedicated and Consecrated to God ” – choosing God above everyone and everything else. Have you finished the reflection and reading? How do you feel? This is the 6th Episode titled “NECESSITY TO BE SILENT AND IN SOLITUDE LIKE MARY: to be attuned to the promptings of the Spirit. God made us in His image and after our birth, the world changed our image and made us in its own image. Silence and solitude is the factory where we can get back to the original identity – humans as God’s companions and friends and not enemies! Revelation 3:20 “Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come into you and eat with you, and you with me.” - Different levels of beings – God & Man Like the ecological pyramid - Need to raise awareness - mindset - thinking has to be changed - the thinker has to separate himself from his thoughts / thinking - identification with one’s own thoughts creates problems A teacher thinks like a teacher In other words, to be a teacher is to think like a teacher! A police like a police A doctor like a doctor Therefore, we need to put on the hat of the divine to think like God Philippians 2:5 “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus” Elijah Meets God at Horeb Ahab - Jezebel all that Elijah 1 Kings 19:11-13 11 He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” - There’s a need to be attuned to God - Being in the present moment - Being in the HERE AND THE NOW Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God! - Silence and solitude – depth, darkness, and silence - Silent of the body and mind - Solitude of the body and mind Solitude: Vs Loneliness Today more than ever human beings are lonely, though busy with people virtually through the social media, but in reality, we are going away from oneself and others. - The more we are with people and less with oneself - will become one of them - will lose the individuality For more information (Questions & Biblical Passages) visit the blog, by clicking the link: https://frcgeorgemclaret.blogspot.com/2020/11/journey-with-mary-episode-6-6-necessity.html Link for Karl Rahner's views: file:///C:/Users/hp/Downloads/1900-Article%20Text-3186-1-10-20120724.pdf