Do you know what it means to be helpless, when all means of self-defence are withdrawn? Jesus did, as part of the Passion of Christ when he consented to fall into the weakest point of the human condition. In doing so, he showed us that to be helpless is not to be hopeless. In fact, true hope – distinct from fantasy – is conceived in the powerlessness of being helpless, at the mercy of events or in the power of others. It is born by experiencing unity with others when we rise above revenge and blame. (This can be forgiveness.) Shortly before he died, a lifelong politician, a master controller of people and events, began to meditate. He found it hard but a challenge he needed at this stage of his life. He told me he felt he was being asked to let go of his lifelong habit of always being in control. I knew he knew what he was talking about when he said, “The mantra – ? It’s about letting go of control, isn’t it?”
Letting go of control
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