Chapter 59: Children offered by nobles of by the poor
Everything concerned with this property should be negotiated in such a way that not the slightest hint of personal expectations can be entertained by the child in a way which could lead through deception to ruin. (From para. 2 of Ch. 59 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
St. Benedict and John Main both urge me to relate purely and freely to the material world by finding my true rootedness in God.
St. Benedict and John Main both urge me to relate purely and freely to the material world by finding my true rootedness in God.
Benedict here warns me about my expectations. Twelve Steppers issue me the same caution, defining them as “resentments under construction.” Meditation and the mantra provide me with a best antidote to these deceptive poisons produced by my expectation-manufacturing ego.
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