"do not talk about it"

An excerpt from "Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality":

" This warning from Jesus, after the Transfiguration, not to talk is often called the 'messianic secret' by scriptural commentators. It is common for Jesus to demand silence after many of his actions and miracles. He does not allow demons "who know who he is 'to speak' (Mark 1:34). So interesting! Why do you think he tells people not to talk? Well, Jesus sometimes adds a very telling phrase after ordering silence: "until after the resurrection" ( Mark 9:9)

Here's how I (Father Rohr) read that: Until you've gone through the mystery of transformation from the false self to the True Self, don't talk about these things, because you will almost always misuse and misinterpret the experience.

Father Rohr went on to discuss how he tells his retreat participants, on the final day, "Don't talk about this for at least a week and maybe longer." He felt that , out of context, the retreat members would not be able to describe their experience . "Whatever words you use to describe what you've just experienced inside of a liminal space will be trivialized outside of sacred space. Or you will concretize and freeze your experience after the first time you communicate it."

These words by Father Rohr provided food for thought and, although did not limit my reading of his book, his words did limit my writing about a couple of chapters. I started to realize that many of my frustrating moments in the past may have occurred because I tried to talk to people 'in power' out of context. I naively thought that the experiences of many of the parishioners and I were pertinent to the future of our consolidation. I was wrong. I am finally ready to acknowledge that my experiences do not matter....to the leaders of the parish. They have been trained at a much higher level than I have or intend to have. This does not mean that I cannot serve the people around me. It's just that I am finally understanding the source of my frustration with this consolidation. The advice by Rohr at the end of the chapter:

"Let your breathing in and out, for the rest of your life, be your prayer to ---and from--such a living and utterly shared God. You will not need to prove it, nor can you, to anybody else. Just keep breathing with full consciousness and without resistance, and you will know what you need to know."

and should probably add, "Do What You Need To Do."