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Broken Heart 101
THE SECOND JOURNEY
Developed by Fr. Ed Zogby, SJ:
Article by Dawn J. Lipthrott, LCSW
Interruptions and Crises are Gifts in
Disguise
Father Ed Zogby, SJ shared with us a program
he is developing to help people recognize, name, embrace, and emerge transformed
from 'interruptions' in their lives that are gifts in disguise to help them
reclaim their authenticity. Sometimes those interruptions come in the form
of job loss, divorce, aging, betrayal, financial set-back, health crisis,
a nagging sense of emptiness or hopelessness. They are moments when we come
to realize that something we took for granted no longer works for us. Something
that helped hold our life together, has disappeared. They are frequently
moments in which we experience disempowerment, a loss of freedom, and what
seems to be a loss of choice. We may feel victimized. They are moments similar
to what C.S. Lewis referred to as 'reluctant conversion.'
Five Basic Steps to this Process of
Conversion:
1)
Interruption -- a declarative moment
in which life changed for you. It has a 'before' and 'after' quality to it.
2) Shattering of icon -- our experience no longer fits the usual context.
We experience a sense of disorientation. We may experience a loss of meaning
and coherence. We begin to distill our authentic self from the identity we
and others have created for ourselves.
3) Eucatastrophe -- a 'good catastrophe' like ones in a fairytale
that grab you so that you have to know how it will turn out. This is the
moment where we experience a glimmer of hope of something new and better
than what was is in the past.
4) Ascent to the universal -- climbing the mountain of faith, moving
into a new understanding and agreement. The true self begins to emerge within
the context of the image of God that is the essence of every person.
5) Flow into action -- new direction based on what you have discovered
during this process.
We Are Co-creators, not Victims of
Life
Based on the premise that we are made for
relationship with God, this work is about becoming aware that each of us
is a word that God has spoken. It is about recovering our sense of being
in the likeness of God. And as we realize that, we see that all of life is
a total gift to us, no matter how things first appear. We move from the smallness
of our usual 'identity' to the bigness of our possibility and of who we are
meant to be. Fr. Ed pointed out that frequently we are stuck in our own 'story'
of memory and interpretation. We are challenged to step out of that old story
into the new moment. And in doing that, we reclaim our power to be co-creators
with God instead of victims of life.
Hidden in our pain, frustration, confusion, our questions about ourselves
and life and the Divine, is our essential freedom and power, waiting to unfold
in bigger ways. Fr. Ed said that the deep mystery is not that these moments
are a gift, but that we cannot see that!
"Many grownups are still fetuses -- they haven't reached the point
of being born yet in their life."~Rabbi Menachem Schneerson
No matter what one's religious tradition, or
whether you even consider yourself on a spiritual path, you can benefit from
this process of transformation. The work is about becoming fully human.
Fr. Ed has combined the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (founder
of the Jesuits) of Catholic tradition, insights from Jewish tradition, and
transformational technology into a process that culminates in prayer and
contemplation of the Divine, an awareness of one's intimate connection with
God that transcends differences in religious traditions.
Pain and dissatisfaction in our soul is a call to move forward, to step into
our authenticity and bigness, to realize our connection to the Divine and
our purpose to co-create the world for the benefit of all people.
Fr. Ed stirred us by his questions to the self, to life, and to God. He empowered
by challenging us to remember who we are and who we are called to become.
Copyright 1996 Dawn Lipthrott, Orlando, Florida
Visit Dawn and read her wonderful articles at:
http://www.relationshipjourney.com
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