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In theological terms, this makes John (of the Cross) a teacher in the negative way, which does not mean that he is a pain to…

     Part 1 (from last week)      You may have heard, it’s the custom for kings to let warriors stand on the left,…

      You may have heard, it’s the custom for kings to let warriors stand on the left, the side of the heart, and…

If anyone asks you how the perfect satisfaction of all our sexual wanting will look, lift your face and say,       Like this.…

Contradictions . . . for it is certain that as man’s insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within himself. In a word…

We never keep to the present. We recall the past; we anticipate the future as if we found it too slow in coming and were…

Now I see something in my listeners that won’t let me continue this way. The ocean flows back in and puts up a foam barrier,…

Words spoken in prayer while we are in ordinary consciousness are linear, perhaps emotion-filled. These same words spoken while we are within Silence reverberate and…

The way of Silence is a way of feeling, and the heart is the centre of feeling. When we are able to place our attention…

We can certainly go into the Silence without the practice of clearing . . . But clearing brings to the forefront new qualities of Silence…