“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”Siddhārtha Gautama or The Buddha (about 563-483 BCE, founder of Buddhism and known as the Enlightened One).
What do you think the Buddha means by seeing the miracle of a flower? How would our life change?
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I think perhaps he is talking about wisdom,and the awareness of God given blessings,which brings the ability to respond creatively and positively to situations we find ourselves in.It's about clearer insight, seeing things 'with different eyes'.
And of course Advent is about repentance ' a change of heart and mind'.Maybe those of us observing Advent need to see the miracle of the flower.To see things with a different, wiser more godly perspective.
Modern life is frenetic. We rush around constantly 'doing',thinking the more we do, the more important we are yet not valuing the simple delights of creation, of each other.
Last week I had the chance of a morning of calmness whilst visiting a carmelite retreat house.
An article about the centre finished with this paragraph......a friar returned to his monastery after an Ignatian 30 day retreat. Over porridge next morning he was interrogated by a grumpy old member of the community who complained,'We've been working like slaves while you've been swanning around doing nothing! And look at you! You don't look any different!' ' You're quite right, I probably don't' was the reply.'But you do'.
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