is the special contribution
that the contemplative
life can bring to the dialogue,
not only among Christians,
but also between Christians
and the ancient religions
of the East, perhaps even
between Christians and atheists.
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With the coming of God in one’s life,
and more pure, in the sense that,man becomes more of a person.He becomes more of a personby virtue of his deeper unionwith others in charity.In the heart of the seeker,this mystery of solitude and communionreaches even greater depths.Everyone who seeks ‚Godshares to some extentthe solitude of the heart of God.
Jeremiah was fully aware
inabilities, and inexperience.He knew that he was neithera fine orator nor a seasonedelder, and pleaded withthe Lord, ‘Alas, Lord GOD!Behold, I do not know howto speak, becauseI am but a youth! ‘
The angelsdon’t achieve
through bodies becausethey’re utterly free frommatter in their nature.
A Utopian approach
attention to abroader conceptionof the Good Lifeand a consequentneed to viewsociety as a jointenterprise inwhich the notionof a collective goodcan be expressedmeaningfully, andcan be seen to beexpressed in progresstowards greaterhappiness, fulfillment,well-being, both materialand spiritual and harmony.
Avoid enmity,
live in hope,fear nothing.You shall be everfull of inner joy.They livewithout pride,without sin,free from wrath,clever and wise.
‘Since death is
of our life,I have mademyself soacquaintedwith this true,best friend ofman for yearsthat his imageis not nothingterrifying for me,but rather a lotof comfortingand comforting!(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote in a letter to a friend three years before his death) .
is the special contribution
that the contemplative life
can bring to the dialogue,
not only among Christians,
but also between Christians
and the ancient religions of the East.
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Be a good person.
being good.Even when othersexploit your goodness,remain good to others.
KarlBarth holds on
distinction betweeneternity and time.Eternity is nottime and timeis not eternity.Or, there is anasymmetricalrelation betweeneternity and time.Eternity is theprototype andtime the type.Time derivesits existencefrom eternity.
Never answer in anger.
When you are happydo not make any promise.Your joy can turn into sadnessand relationship may break.Do not take a decisionin sadness and dejection.
A value system
describes thedescent of moralityinto a well so deepas to be bottomless.Morality becomereduced to a massof value judgments.Where there oncewas God, anobjective moralitybased on anobjective realitywhose truthsare beyondtime, place,custom and politics,now there is anirreducible subjectiveopinion with no criteria fordistinguishing betweenright and wrong.
Philanthropic ideas
for the commongood or any regardfor social orderbased on therule of law,are based solelyon theism andindividualaccountabilityafter death.
Buddhism
of the ground orbasic consciousness,which has a global,general knowledgethat the world isthere and that I exist.
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a poet argues, is the special
contribution that the
contemplativelife
can bring to the dialogue,
not only among Christians,
but also between Christians
and the ancient religions
of the East,perhaps
even between Christians
and even atheistic thinkers.
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Each human being
planned bythe Eternal Fatherto reflect and embody,at a specific momentin history,a certain aspectof God’s message.
You who are
to the afflicted,have mercyon meand take awaythat differentiatingsense which causes meto do what I should notand pass my daysin merrimentmistaking woefor happiness.(Wisdom up on readingRamayana, Lanka Kanda) .
It is the very core
the entire person,the innermostself that achesfor God with adeep, deep thirstthat cries out tothe Lord for help.It is then that wecome to the endof our self, andrealize that thebroken cisternsof this aggressiveworld can neverprovide what we need.(Ref. Psalm 42: 1 of the Holy bible)(Graphic: longing for God google bilder.pg)
Temptations to flesh
Mental peace will never by yours.It leads to destruction.Be a spiritual being.‘Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life’. Galatians 6: 8 of the Holy Bible.
Throughout theMystic’slife,
perfect society eitherin the past, the EuropeanMiddle Ages, or in thenon-western world, Asia.
God alone is my refuge,
I believe in the suneven when it is not shining.I believe in loveeven when i am depressed,alone and rejected.When i call on GodGod sleeps insilence,sometimes to test me,the depth and earnestnessof my call in pain.God loves to testmyeagerness in love.I honor you my Godeven when you keep silentnot caring for me.But i shall worship you…