Listen, Pharisee, the reason you’re lonely, the reason you don’t feel “chosen,” the reason God hasn’t thrown you a party (Parable of the Prodigal), is because you’re full of judgments that block communion within yourself and between you and the Father, so that you can’t feel comfortable enough with Him to even ask for a party. And if he threw you one now, in the state of Pharisaism you’re in, you’d just condemn yourself for wastefulness and not deserving it.
As soon as we turn back to our inner child, as soon as we extend some sympathy, boundaries, and forgiveness – for ourselves and others – the Pharisee steps in to judge: “How dare you let yourself or them get away with that!”
Pharisaism is the wound of the world, because while the “sinful” have obvious evidence of their need for healing love, the Pharisee has his shit together, and therefore cannot see the dark, dead judgments inside himself that prevent healing communion.
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What We Discussed | Show Notes
Overview:
Minutes 00:00-12:00 – How the inner Pharisee steps into the Little Way process
Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Unforgiveness and Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes; Catholics and Protestants; Pharisaism as anger at self and God
Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Psychology 101 on judgments as projections; fear of God as projection of anger
Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Seeing and accepting personality flaws (underneath behavior issues) without allowing them to rule; how judgments in our vocations are meant to help us “see” and experience ourselves, God, and others in communion
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