LAY CISTERCIAN CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES: Custos Oculi

One of the first things monks and nuns, particularly those cloistered, do is to learn custody of the eyes. Here are some readings for you that I, myself, did, and which I share with you. During this time of Lent, when we recognize that we are dust and into dust we all will return, ponder these ideas, and, if you are interested, read the accompanying YouTube

“NO THING” LASTS FOREVER IN THE CORRUPT WORLD OF MATTER AND THE MIND.

REMEMBER, HUMAN, YOU ARE DUST AND INTO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN.

Go to a place of silence and solitude (the inner room of your heart) and wait for Christ (after some time of realizing that you human, you discover God is there waiting for you to show up). Think about the corruption of matter and mind for those who live ONLY in the World. With your Baptism, you still live in a corruptible world until you die, but you also have added an incorruptible world, the Kingdom of Heaven, one that has no end. This is your destiny, human, and all you have to do is say YES.

GIVE THE DEVIL BENEFIT OF LAW

REALIZE, HUMAN, THAT YOU ARE NOT ME, AND I AM NOT YOU, THAT GOD IS NOT YOU, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU ARE NOT GOD.

https://www.youtube.com/user/wordonfirevideo/videos To sustain yourself as a penitential person, watch and listen to one of Bishop Barron’s YouTube presentations each day, or each week, or even just one.

CLOTHE YOURSELF WITH THE CLOAK OF HUMILITY AND DO NOT RAISE YOUR EYES TO HEAVEN. https://catholicgentleman.com/2014/06/custody-of-the-eyes-what-it-is-and-how-to-practice-it/#:~:text=At%20its%20most%20basic%20level,look%20anyone%20in%20the%20face. https://uscatholic.org/articles/201310/dont-look-now-how-to-practice-custody-of-the-eyes/

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