FEEL GOD IN SILENCE
A little fish swam up to his mother and asked:" Mommy, what 's this ocean I hear so much about?"
She replied, "You silly, it's all around you and in you. Swim up onto the beach, lie there and you'll find out."
Similarly, a kitten asked his mother,"Mommy, what's this air I hear so much about?"
She replied, "You silly, it's all around you and in you. Stick your head in the lake and you'll find out."
Finally, there was a beginner on the spiritual journey who went to a spiritual director and said: What's this God I hear so much about?" Reply: He is all around you and in you."
A prayer of silence or being quiet is the way to discover and experience this reality, whom we call God. A person in absolute silence forgets himself or herself, and he or she just desires God's presence - His love, His touch, His words, His embrace and above all, union with Him.
Contemplation, although the highest form of prayer, is not an elite, lofty endeavour for special 'holy' people. It is for ordinary, happy, uncomplicated people who enjoy being with God. It is a long, loving, listening, joyful look at the real god, at our real self , at real people and at the real world.
The act of contemplation is very simple, subtle,supernatural, loving, pure, divine, and deep. It is as a ray of darkness that gives light.
A little fish swam up to his mother and asked:" Mommy, what 's this ocean I hear so much about?"
She replied, "You silly, it's all around you and in you. Swim up onto the beach, lie there and you'll find out."
Similarly, a kitten asked his mother,"Mommy, what's this air I hear so much about?"
She replied, "You silly, it's all around you and in you. Stick your head in the lake and you'll find out."
Finally, there was a beginner on the spiritual journey who went to a spiritual director and said: What's this God I hear so much about?" Reply: He is all around you and in you."
A prayer of silence or being quiet is the way to discover and experience this reality, whom we call God. A person in absolute silence forgets himself or herself, and he or she just desires God's presence - His love, His touch, His words, His embrace and above all, union with Him.
Contemplation, although the highest form of prayer, is not an elite, lofty endeavour for special 'holy' people. It is for ordinary, happy, uncomplicated people who enjoy being with God. It is a long, loving, listening, joyful look at the real god, at our real self , at real people and at the real world.
The act of contemplation is very simple, subtle,supernatural, loving, pure, divine, and deep. It is as a ray of darkness that gives light.
