In mystic states we both become one with the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness. This is the everlasting and triumphant mystical tradition, hardly altered by differences of clime or creed. In Hinduism, in Neoplatonism, in Sufism, in Christian mysticism, in Whitmanism, we find the same recurring note,…
What we take in by contemplation, that we pour out in love.’ (Meister Eckhart) Commentary by Eknath Easwaran: ‘The old dispute about the relative virtues of the active way to spiritual awareness versus the contemplative way is a spurious one. We require both. They are phases of a single rhythm…
May peace be your virtue, may peace be your property, may peace be your prayer. May you bring peace to all those you meet, you talk to, you live with. May you even bring peace to the person you hate, your enemy. May your friends enjoy your peaceful disposition and…
This from an early morning contemplation on 22nd November 2020: The word ‘miracle’ comes from the Latin for ‘wonder’ and, interestingly, that arises from the same linguistic root as the word ‘to smile’. Its definition is summed up in Wikipedia as “. . . an event not explicable by natural…
