Inherit the Life of the Eternal
(Mk 10:17-27)
To realize ourselves it’s not enough to accentuate or refine, we need to take a Leap; an extra step is not enough.
It starts from the perception of an inner wound that moves us (v.17) in search of that Good that ‘unifies’ and gives meaning to life.
Jesus makes us reflect on what is to be considered Great, «distinguished» [thus the Greek text: vv.17-18].
It is not a magisterium for those who are far away, but for us: «One you are missing!» [v.21] - as if he wanted to underline: «the One, the Whole you miss: you have almost nothing!».
Normal life goes on, but there is no astonishment.
Too many things are missing: the challenge of ‘the most’ personal, the care of others, the confrontation with the drama of reality. There is no Unity; there is a lack of authentic Presence that launches love into the spirit of adventure..
It is not a question of having an idea, an extra cue in addition to what we already have, while continuing to be slaves to it.
It’s not enough to improve relationship situations that we know by heart, being approved from the first step.
The transition from religiosity to Faith that brings our vocational destiny and full realization is played out on a shortage of supports - in chaotic systems of correlation.
To be happy is not worth "normalizing", because the soul demands the challenge of unexplored skies.
Waters that we have not probed: sides of ourselves, of others and of reality that we have not brought out, and yet perhaps we are not even scrutinizing.
It is necessary to venture into the basal and extraordinary stretches that today also call in the day after day; do not wait for insurance.
And the starting point can also be the accent of doubt, a healthy restlessness of the soul - the very danger... typical of critical witnesses.
Let’s not silence our being insecure, nor the sense of dissatisfaction for a life without jolts: they are fruitful suspensions, which will activate us.
Feeling complete, fulfilled, happy? One needs one's eyes and heart to yield, not to be occupied.
It is absolutely necessary to let certainties fall from the mind and from one's hand.
The gamble is the reckless investing of everything for 'another realm' - where energies surface, different relationships are explored; one attempts to sublimate possessions into a matrix of life [also others: v.21].
Our Core remains restless if it does not infuse correspondences that fly over the ancient ruler: the material goods, which make one stagnate.
The Deep Roots want to modify the vector of the swampy, situated ego - "as it should", well inserted or self-referential - so that it dilates to encompass the Thou and the real whole (vv.28-30).
It’s the Birth of the new woman and man; mothers and fathers of humanization.
What touches the divine condition. Able even to reverse positions (v.31).
It is Genesis in the authenticity of cosmic energies and inner powers, which are preparing stages of growth - elsewhere.
Gradually the feeling and reciprocity of a comprehensive relationship is created, the purpose of Love in what we undertake or redo; like the friendly warmth of a non-frigid Presence.
We live the extreme from which there is no turning back, because it places us in the very Life of the Eternal (v.17). The One who is missing (v.21).
As I strive to question myself or others, previously hidden resources that I did not even know about emerge.
With amazement I experience a reality that is gradually unfolding... as well as the Father who provides for me (v.27).
In this extension, we learn to recognize the [decisive new] Subject of the spiritual path: God's plan in Being itself.
Dream leading... and despite the travails, the emotional storms, our twists and turns, it gradually reveals itself to be Resembling.
As innate: forthright, genuine, limpid; irrefutable, glowing, flowing.
[Monday 8th wk. in O.T. March 3rd, 2025]
