Cleanse your eye — Visio Divina — 40+8 | Day Twenty-two

breathe in | breathe out

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Question
What’s the bigger story I’m not seeing,
and how do I heal so that I can contribute
to the healing of others?

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Practice

◦ Visio Divina ◦

Each Monday, we’re sharing an image created by Cody Mathis,
informed by his sitting with the logion for that week.
You’re invited to practice visio divina, letting the art speak to you. Below are the image and more instruction for your practice.

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Image

Cleanse your eye

Instruction

Visio Divina, or “sacred seeing,” is a
contemplative practice in which you open
to a deep — even Divine — encounter
as you sit with an image, letting it speak to you.

Here are some suggestions for practice:

Set aside time to be with this image.
Maybe five, ten or even twenty minutes.
Get comfortable, and take some deep, settling breaths.

As you begin, scanning all areas and details,
allow your mind to make it’s noticings.
Let your interpretations come.

Sitting longer with the image,
allow those thoughts and details to settle.
Be gentle and patient.
Let go of interpretation and expectations.

Stay with the image,
quietly opening your heart’s eye to receive.
Listen deeply.
What might the image speaking or inviting you to?

As part of your practice, you may wish to
sketch the image and what your listening reveals.
Perhaps journal about your experience with it.

As you bring your practice to a close,
consider thanking the image for how it has ministered to you.

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Logion 26

You detect a speck
in your brother’s eye,
but you fail to perceive
the beam sticking out of your own.

Remove the timber from your eye,
and you will see clearly enough
to extract the speck lodged
in the eye of your brother.

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