Evening: Psalm 51; John 3:22-36
“He must increase, I must decrease” ... John the Baptist describes his outward relationship with Jesus – John’s work is done, Jesus’s work is beginning. But John is also describing his inner transformation towards spiritual maturity. The great masters of the inner life practise the path to true maturity, where the ‘ego’ learns awe and humility in the presence of the mystery of the Cosmos. With humility, my ‘ego’ diminishes, and I find what poet Mary Oliver calls my “place in the family of things” ... that is, I find my life’s meaning. For me to mature, my ‘ego’ must decrease.
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