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02-08-2016, 11:13 AM
Christian mystics have long-insisted on self-emptying as prerequisite to union with the Ultimate. This is spiritual poverty – human emptiness enabled to be filled with spiritual fullness. For such mystics, the void has been something to embrace…
The spiritual journey of the heart must become a simple pilgrimage. We need to travel light. Excess baggage only hinders progress and hampers the journey. We find all too many ways to clutter our consciousness…
We have to rid ourselves of the fear that emptiness is an annihilating desolation or desecration. We face the same struggle with solitude and its language of silence. We are drawn to simplicity. This movement demands a series of “letting go” until all the layers are peeled away…
If we know the emptiness that yearns to be filled – if we recognize the potential spiritual energy which lies within the heart – then we can feel at home with this emptiness. Our souls will be vibrated by it…
Into the Heart of God By Augustin Belisle
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The spiritual journey of the heart must become a simple pilgrimage. We need to travel light. Excess baggage only hinders progress and hampers the journey. We find all too many ways to clutter our consciousness…
We have to rid ourselves of the fear that emptiness is an annihilating desolation or desecration. We face the same struggle with solitude and its language of silence. We are drawn to simplicity. This movement demands a series of “letting go” until all the layers are peeled away…
If we know the emptiness that yearns to be filled – if we recognize the potential spiritual energy which lies within the heart – then we can feel at home with this emptiness. Our souls will be vibrated by it…
Into the Heart of God By Augustin Belisle
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