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Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
while we are aware of spiritual longing, we perceive ourselves to be cut off from the deeper ground of our being, where the Silence of the Word is forever emptying itself out in being-as-creation,
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago
God is always Self-giving; it is a question of removing the obstacles that make it difficult to receive this Self-gift.
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago
failure is part of the search for God.
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago
Divine love is forgiving love. Sorrow must be allowed to blossom into self-forgetful love of God.
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago
In order for humility to mature it must blossom into self-forgetfulness.
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago
Trial, temptation, and struggle are the making of the contemplative. Take away these and you take away tremendous opportunity for growth, depth, and wisdom.
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago
Our wounds bear the perfumed trace of divine presence.
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago
The fact that most of us experience throughout most of our lives a sense of absence or distance from God is the great illusion that we are caught up in; it is the human condition.
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago
For when the mind is brought to stillness, and all our strategies of acquisition have dropped, a deeper truth presents itself: we are and have always been one with God and we are all one in God (Jn 17:21).
from Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird
Justin Reidy added 5mo ago