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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
HEARTFULNESS RETREAT Transformation in Christ
Friday, October 5, 3pm to Sunday, October 7, 3pm
Dunrovin Retreat Center
Marine on St. Croix
More info later
For more information click on "Enrichment Ops" button
and scroll down to "Heartfulness" Retreat.
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Invitation To Love
Letting Go of the False Self
Wash away my hidden faults.
Psalm 19:12 NJB
One of the biggest impediments to spiritual growth is
that we do not perceive our own hidden motivations.
Our unconscious, prerational emotional programming
from childhood and our overidentification with a spec-ific
group or groups are the sources from which our
false self----our injured, compensatory sense of who we
are---gradually emerges and stabilizes. The influence
of the false self extends into every aspect and activity of
our lives, either consciously or unconsciously. Centering
Prayer and more particularly contemplative prayer for
which it is a preparation, brings us face to face with this
"false self" in several ways: The initial act of consent to
letting go of our surface “I” with its programs, associations, commentaries, etc. in itself drives a fatal wedge
into the false self. As we rest in prayer, we begin to discover that our identity is deeper than just the surface of
our psychological awareness. (IL, 3)
Revelation 3:8 NJB
Look, I have opened in front of you a door
that no one will be able to close…
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