Recently Pope Francis, stated that the Church should not be obsessed with gays, abortion and... In fact, what he left unsaid was that is should rather be obsessed with God's love and an intimate relationship with Him.
In my moments of clarity I do realize that when my focus is on His love, I barely have the time or the thought of straying away from it. However when my focus is to be away from sin, I am wasting my whole effort and energy. In my effort, I may succeed too, that I remain spotless but I remain so 'dead'. I am sinless is not the same as I am happy!
My experience with the Brothers too has been very formative for me in this perspective. From the time I shifted my emphasis from telling them not to waste time during the evening study to giving them enough to do during study; from repeatedly telling them not to talk in the study hall or library, to helping them savour the joy of reading, of knowing, of learning more, the results have been great. In the process of achieving the latter the former is automatically done. But as long as I was focussed on the latter alone, I realised that I wasn't giving them anything positive. I only wanted them to be away from the negative.
Similarly the focus is not on reducing evil, but on being good. The focus is not on preventing sin, but on cherishing love!
In my moments of clarity I do realize that when my focus is on His love, I barely have the time or the thought of straying away from it. However when my focus is to be away from sin, I am wasting my whole effort and energy. In my effort, I may succeed too, that I remain spotless but I remain so 'dead'. I am sinless is not the same as I am happy!
My experience with the Brothers too has been very formative for me in this perspective. From the time I shifted my emphasis from telling them not to waste time during the evening study to giving them enough to do during study; from repeatedly telling them not to talk in the study hall or library, to helping them savour the joy of reading, of knowing, of learning more, the results have been great. In the process of achieving the latter the former is automatically done. But as long as I was focussed on the latter alone, I realised that I wasn't giving them anything positive. I only wanted them to be away from the negative.
Similarly the focus is not on reducing evil, but on being good. The focus is not on preventing sin, but on cherishing love!
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