How does one come to feel similar to the all-powerful being that created the world? There are many kind virtues that are required for this spiritual journey, but either of them can bring one that closer to god. By simply relating to Jesus himself, for example, one may feel like a bigger part of God,…
First of all, what does it mean to actually wake up? If only God knows what things are really like, doesn’t that mean you’re still living your own delusional dream, even with your eyes wide open? It may, but if you’re closer to seeing reality for what it is than those surrounding you, you kind…
Our ideas of God tell us more about ourselves than about Him. – Thomas Merton
Realization is simply to give birth to something within oneself. – Anonymous
When the mystic’s spiritual eye is opened, his physical eye is closed; he sees nothing but God. – Abu Sulayman Ad-Darani
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? – Thomas Merton
A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe’; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves…
Dhû-l-Nûn was asked, “What is the end of the mystic?” He answered, “When he is as he was where he was before he was.