Chapter 2: Gifts needs by an abbot or abbess (paragraph 4)
Otherwise all must keep their proper place in the community order, because whether slave or free we are all one in Christ and we owe an equal service in the army of one Lord, who shows no special favour to one rather than another.
(From para. 4 of Ch. 2 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)
Sometimes I'm very aware that I move through my day reacting, even if subtly, to people, labelling them as toxic, challenging, complex, encouraging, delightful, and so on. Meditation teaches me to detach myself from these defensive or self-centered labels, and to see everyone as they are, infinite.
(From para. 4 of Ch. 2 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)
Sometimes I'm very aware that I move through my day reacting, even if subtly, to people, labelling them as toxic, challenging, complex, encouraging, delightful, and so on. Meditation teaches me to detach myself from these defensive or self-centered labels, and to see everyone as they are, infinite.
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