Affirmations

Do not forget joy
Embrace passion
As you judge, so you are judged
Ponder your heart's mirror
You are good, you are evil
You are darkness, you are light
You wake this day
to choose between life & death
Choose life
Choose heart peace
Choose Holy Breath
Choose the Holy Walk

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Went to a workshop by the Rev. Alison Newell on the Ignation Spiritual Exercises yesterday morning. The first session utilized Contemplative Imagination, in which one imagines himself in a Biblical scene. The scene was a section from Luke's account of the passion — from the triumphal entry to the cleansing of the temple (Lk 19:35-46). The scene was read to us twice, then Rev. Newell suggested some questions and/or individual scenes for us.

One of these was Christ weeping over Jerusalem. We were asked to invite Christ into different areas of our own lives that needed healing. I pictured Christ in international situations (e.g., at Arafat's bedside), and in more personal situations (e.g., my home and workplace). This bit of automatic writing, in Christ's voice, came out of reflections on those personal situations.

Considering the fact that I've been tempting myself into a severe depression, I think I needed these affirmations right now.