Weekly Pause & Ponder

The reign of God,  … is the religious dimension of human life and requires a real conversion of values, a new heart: “Where your heart is, there your treasure lies.” The biblical word cor is not the physical heart but the deep inner core human existence, the soul, the mind or the realm of consciousness. If caring for creation begins with the place of the heart, and the heart is the seat of consciousness, then we might rephrase the words of Jesus as: “Where your consciousness is, there your treasure lies.”  Where is human consciousness today?

Global Sisters Report.  Ilia Delio, Mar. 4, 2015.  “Why the Earth Won’t Green Without Us.”