True happiness is uncaused.
An ‘awakened person’ is happy.
You ask him ‘why are you happy? ‘
He will answer ‘why not? ‘
(This was published by me in Micropoet under the name of my beloved mother Genova Maaa who passed away at a young age. I published for a long time under this second name. i write to keep her memory alive as long as i live) .
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Emotional pain
across our worldduring these days.The pain ofuncertainty,fear, isolation,irritation,and disappointmenteats away our joys.
O Almighty!
the universe is also infinite!From infinitethe infinite has come out!Having taken infiniteout of the infinite,the infinite remains!O Almighty!May there be Peace!Peace! Everywhere!(From the Ishawashya Upanishad, the great Hindu Scripture)
I stand this day
Seraphim’s devotion,by angels’ obedience,by resurrection’s hopeunto reward,by Patriarchs’ prayersby Prophets’ word of power,by Apostles’ preachingby Confessors’ faith,by Holy Virgins’ purity,by righteous men’s deeds.(Reflections on The Deer’s Song: Lorica Of St. Patrick)
May we who have
by believing on HisSon as Saviour,continue our humanjourney by walkingin spirit and truth,maintaining thatblessed fellowshipand peaceablecommunion withGod our Father.May we becomeambassadors of God’speace in a world at war,through our ministryof reconciliation.
Blessed be God
my prayer or his kindness.Declare on house topswhatever God did for you.Kneel down, raise the handsand praise God for his kindness.Let all on earth sing praise to you,tell about all the wonders God didin your life, and in the life of others.Sing glorious praise,sing to his holy name.Let our songs praiseresound tillthe ends ofthe earth.
We do not talk
which comes as a resultof a studied and reasoned,or academic, pursuit.You can know things,you don’t experience.You can argue thatthe Bible says Godloves the worldand you are part of the world,so you are loved by God.That is a mental exercise.Not an experience.
between communion and death to self.
This can be analogously
applied to the experience
of contemplative union with God.
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Turn from sin
and repent of sinand embraceChrist The Lord.To regretone’s sin or tobecome guilt-riddenbecause of one’swrongdoing willsave the sinner,but turn to Christ,the promised Messiahof all holy times
When the intellect and senses
the seeker is ready to stepinto the unknown.God gives grace.Faith and hopeare man’s response.Christian mysicism is predicatedon the faith expectation of theappearance of the new reality.
The measurement
does not includemovement.For Aquinas,and the theologianswho preceded him,eternity isgenerally definedin its negativerelation to time.While time isMutable, eternity isimmutable,while time is flowing,eternity is static.
But the short-sighted
these parents forbothering the Lord.However, thisangered Jesus greatly,and we read thatHe said, ‘Leave thechildren alone,and don’t try tostop them fromcoming to Me,because the kingdomof heaven is madeup of littleones like these.’
‘Time’ clearly
to God and manin the same way.The psalmist declaresin describing God:‘From everlastingto everlasting,you are God’ (Psa.90: 2 of the Holy Bible) .Yet, in the same context,of man it is said:‘The days of our yearsare threescoreyears and ten'(v.10) .
It is an experience
of the immanentand the transcendent.It understands,receives, lovesand gives in completesurrender and compassion.