Prologue to The Rule (paragraph 4)
What gentler encouragement could we have, my dear brothers and sisters, than that word from the Lord calling us to himself in such a way! We can see with what loving concern the Lord points out to us the path of life. (From para. 4 of Prologue to The Rule of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
That gentle and encouraging word that Benedict speaks of, can also be understood in my experience as the mantra. Just as meditation is not "my" meditation, perhaps the mantra is not "my" mantra, either, but is, in the first place, the word from the Lord calling me to himself.
That gentle and encouraging word that Benedict speaks of, can also be understood in my experience as the mantra. Just as meditation is not "my" meditation, perhaps the mantra is not "my" mantra, either, but is, in the first place, the word from the Lord calling me to himself.
" . . . I think there is only one reason that keeps people meditating. That I think we could describe as a growing commitment to reality." (John Main, "The Cloud of Unknowing").
ReplyDelete"What can be sweeter to us, dear ones, than this voice of the Lord inviting us?" What could be sweeter, Abba, than your voice inviting me today, again, to open myself to reality, to Reality, to you, to listen.