Article:
Mentality


As I stated in an earlier email In the Fundamental Ideas of the Cursillo Movement





Par 157 states..Within the Cursillo Movement, method is nothing other than mentality and essence converted into life..





We looked at the Essence a little earlier, now lets look at the Mentality:





Par 4..The Cursillo mentality is creative and freeing, and so gives rise to criteria rather than rules. A criterion liberates, whereas even the best rules can at times choke or paralyze, obscuring the mentality itself and causing one to lose sight of the goal.


5..Thanks to this creativity, the history of the why and wherefore of the Cursillo is something that is never complete or finished. It is a history that goes on being made with every new day of life, and so the Movement will always continue to have new purpose.


Par 37..Faithful to the inductive method, the Cursillo Movement must constantly reflect on reality, and with that reflection enrich its mentality without losing its identity. Toward this goal, the mentality has two services to offer:


a) The mentality is the source of the identity of the Cursillo Movement; it is what enables us to do different things with the same purpose, and it is what warns us against doing the same thing with different purposes. The mentality is what makes it possible for the Cursillo to branch out without losing its identity.


b) At the same time, the mentality is also the source of evolution for the Cursillo





38.. Consequently:


- The present reality does not indicate a rupture with the past, but rather its growth and maturity.


- Updating the Cursillo is mandated by the particular richness of its basic principles, by the needs of the times, and by the new fields of human experience it is entering.


- In the Cursillo Movement, unity is formed in the midst of plurality. This means that the Movement places more importance on mentality and persons than on method; on basic principles than on specific means.

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Replying to Original Article:

Here are some excerpts from the FICM. Ponder them!!