Testament

Testament A Testament The following guided meditation is a creative alternative to examining one's conscience. This reflection was proposed by Anthony de Mello, a Jesuit from India who conducted countless workshops throughout the world on the subject of prayer and reflective living. I imagine that today I am to die. I ask for time to be alone and write down for my friends a sort of testament for which the points that follow could serve as chapter titles: 1. These things I have loved in life: Things I tasted, looked at, smelled, heard, touched. 2. These experiences I have cherished: 3. These ideas have brought me liberation: 4. These beliefs I have outgrown: 5 These convictions I have lived by: 6 These are the things I have lived for: 7. These insights I have gained in the school of life: insights into God, the world, human nature, Jesus Christ, love, religion, prayer. 8. These risks I took, these dangers I have courted: 9. These sufferings have seasoned me: 10 These lessons life has taught me: 11 These influences have shaped my life:(persons, occupations, books, events): 12. These scripture texts have lit my path: 13. These things I regret about my life: 14. These are my life's achievements: 15. These persons are enshrined within my heart: 16. These are my unfulfilled desires: I choose an ending for this document: a poem - my own or someone else's; or a prayer; a sketch or a picture from a magazine; a scripture text; or anything that I judge would be an apt conclusion to my testament. -------Anthony de Mello sj La Conclusi�n Me imagino que hoy voy a morir. Solicito tiempo para estar a solas y redactar para mis amigos una especie de testamento en el que los siguientes puntos podr�an constituir otros tantos cap�tulos: Tales cosas he amado en mi vida: Cosas que he saboreado... contemplado... olido... escuchado...

tocado... Tales experiencias he apreciado... Tales conceptos me han ayudado a liberarme... Tales creencias he dejado atr�s� De tales convicciones he vivido� Tales cosas para las que he vivido� Tales ideas he adquirido en la escuela de la vida: Ideas acerca de Dios, Del mundo, De la naturaleza humana, De Jesucristo Del amor, De la religi�n, De la oraci�n. De... Tales riesgos he corrido... Tales peligros he buscado... Tales sufrimientos me han moldeado... Tales lecciones me ha ense�ado la vida... Tales influencias han configurado mi vida (personas, ocupaciones, libros, acontecimientos, responsabilidades...)... Tales textos b�blicos han iluminado mi camino... Tales cosas lamento de mi vida... Tales logros he alcanzado... Tales personas llevo en el coraz�n... Tales deseos no he satisfecho... Escojo un final para este documento: Un poema (m�o o de cualquier otro); O una oraci�n O un dibujo O una fotograf�a de una revista O un texto b�blico O cualquier cosa que me parezca podr�a ser una apropiada conclusi�n a mi testamento Anthony de Mello