I and the Father are one...Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me (Jesus) The lie of separation is why Jesus came. We humans believed we were separate from the divine. In this separation mindset we built societal structures, mythologies, religions, philosophies and more that assumed God was … Continue reading Do you SEE me?
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The Lego Moment
"OUR discovery of God is, in a way, God’s discovery of us." (Thomas Merton) The contemplatives and the mystics (which are really the same thing) talk about "living in the present moment." Actually there are many traditions that have discovered the divine power of living in the present moment. This can be a difficult concept … Continue reading The Lego Moment
Consenting to His creative love
A TREE gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying Him. It “consents,” so to speak, to His creative love. It is expressing an idea which is in God and which is not distinct from the essence of God, and therefore a tree … Continue reading Consenting to His creative love
Who is Trudy?
The “spiritual life” is then the perfectly balanced life in which the body with its passions and instincts, the mind with its reasoning and its obedience to principle and the spirit with its passive illumination by the Light and Love of God form one complete man who is in God and with God and from … Continue reading Who is Trudy?
A New Year – A New Look
For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self. (Thomas Merton, "New Seeds of Contemplation) Alancetotheheart has been quite the journey. I started this blog in June 2013 with the … Continue reading A New Year – A New Look
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