All contemplative practice hinges and capitalizes on the revelation of the indwelling Spirit of God. The typical dualistic, rational mind can recognize God in some sense, but always as an “Other,” in the heavens, in the cathedral, in the Scripture – and God is truly to be found there by those seeking with open hearts. But, a true contemplative practitioner knows that God and the soul are so intermingled as to be indistinguishable – the life of each soul doesn’t come from the Spirit, it is the Spirit, and the great Life of God is being lived out through each one of us. Contemplative practice is the opening of the self to this Indwelling Presence, not reaching out to God’s external Presence, but reaching in, as it were, and realizing that there is only one Spirit, and we are all one in that Spirit, because God has chosen to be inextricably bound to creation in the ultimate act of love. In contemplative practice, we welcome everything that comes, as it all bears the Spirit of God in some way, and we detach from everything, because God is as present in the True Self as in anyone or anything.
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