The Sermon on the Mount, Parts XXX and XXXI of XL

The Sermon on the Mount, Part XXX of XL
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TEXT: Continuing with Matthew 6:

31. Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

COMMENTARY: Again, Jesus forbids or prohibits the bad, destructive, unhealthy habit of worry, a form of fear.

TEXT:

33. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

COMMENTARY: All that the person of Love has to do in this life is offer her Love to all suffering creatures-- to everyone. If she seeks Love "first," makes it her first priority, she need never worry about anything else, for the cosmos will provide for her.


The Sermon on the Mount, Part XXXI of XL
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TEXT:

34. "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.

COMMENTARY: Just in case that we did not "get" it, Jesus again repeats his prohibitions and recommendations against worry. There is a great Pattern, a great Mind, which already regulates everything in the cosmos! If we can but learn the simple lesson of trusting this profound Mind, we will be liberated forever from worry, and from struggling and striving to control events, other people, and situations. This is the breath-taking liberty offered by the Spirit of Love. It is a gift of the Spirit, as faith, and is a "superhuman" state of profound relaxation into the great Mind. This is also, btw, the essence of Taoist mysticism.