Our very existence

thanyou thinkor ever imagine.You are divine.Divinty sleeps in you.

to the inner mount,to the inner cavewhere you will talk to mein the ears of my heart.

to asking and seeking.They send us on a questto discover his depthsof wisdom, knowledgeand ever loving heart.It’s not somethingwe observeto gaze uponHis wonder,but it calls usonward,intoHis purposesand essence.

disappears and nothingseems to be leftbut a pure freedomindistinguishablefrom infinite Freedom,love identified with Love.

How we see ourselvesseriously affectour own feelingabout ourselves.Self-esteem goes deeperthan self-image.Self-esteem is thesense of respectfor ourselves.A negative self-imagecan certainly influenceself-esteem, and havinglow self-esteem is likelyto be accompanied bya negative self-image.

Through such andisenchantment,philosophy seemstocome tobe stripped of itsnormative dimensionin relation to the world.Such a world mightcontain values,questioning howobjective valuescould relate toor coexist withthose characteristicsrevealed by moderndisenchanting science.

and inscrutable affliction,but as a source of joy, growth, life.

more realitythe more theyknow God,and the morethey detestthe flesh andlove the truth;and peoplebecomecloserto God andthey come tothe standardsof God’s requirements.

As long as there is an ‘I’that is the definite subjectof a contemplative experience,an ‘ l’ that is aware of itselfand its contemplation,an ‘ l’ that can possessa certain ‘degree of spirituality’,then we have not yet passedover the ‘Red Sea’,we have not yet ‘gone out of Egypt’.We remain in the realmof multiplicity, activity,incompleteness,striving and desire.

of universal man.We are witnessing the growthof a truly universal consciousnessin the modern world.This universal consciousnessmay be a consciousnessof transcendent freedom and vision.

cheap, and easyroads thatlead to life.Yet Jesus is clear:Don’t look forshortcuts to God.The market isflooded with surefire,easygoing formulasfor a successful lifethat can be practicedin your spare time.Don’t fall forthat stuff, eventhough crowdsof people do.The way to lifeto God isvigorous andrequires totalattention.(Cfr.Matt.6: 13of the New Testament) .

if you are an unhappyfailure type person.By pure self willor arbitrarilydeciding tobecome a newperson, youwill not achieve it.There should besome justificationwhich tells youthat your oldself image is wrongand a new pictureis needed to developa new self image.