giving without demanding,
controlling without
authority,
This is love.’
(The Teachings of
Lao-Tzu: The Tao-Te Ching) .
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The winding, twisting roads of life
Insecurity, greyness, drabnessand dinginess of spiritkill our spontaneity.Freedom of the spirit is a giftunbounded, graciously poured out.But we allow ourselves to be crippledand imprisoned.God alone can stir usand awaken in usthe fresh stirrings of divine life.
The desire to contemplate
has been implantedin us by God himself.Christ came, not justto tell us that this is possible,but to give us his lovehere and now so thatthispromisecan be fulfilledbeginning here on earth,and it can be consummatedin heaven, not just briefly,not just to the end of time,but to eternity with God.
Meditating on the
in the centeris the untainted;the exquisitely pure,clear, and sorrowless;the inconceivable;the unmanifest,of infinite form;blissful, tranquil, immortal;the womb of Brahma.(From the Kaivalyopanishad, the great Hindu Scripture)
Think of the
backgroundof hurryand offeryourselfa beautifulvision of thespiritualpracticesof silenceand solitude,the day ofthe Lord,simplicity,and slowing.
Learn to see your own beauty
Then you will become your own idol.
A transcendent
is a necessitywithout whicha good characterformation to loveis impossible fromchildhood onwards.Without the beliefin a transcendentdivine moral code,those who arephysically weakand lack realknowledge,will become theprey of theintelligentand strong.