“For God alone my soul waits in silence…Trust in God at all times, O people, pour out your heart before him, God is a refuge for us. Those of low estate are but a breath,those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.” I read this and then hear the news. The news of the day frightens me. The powerful, as righteous as they may intend to be, know nothing of poverty, nothing of making a life out of one’s own resources, no friendship with anyone born in poverty or disabled by a force of nature. And yet, thier decisions, the laws they pass and the programs they slash offend and anger the very God to which they pray thier pious prayers.
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I do know that Albert Einstein had some theory about the relativity of time. Not having a scientifically oriented mind, I really don’t know what he meant by that. However, as I am getting older and watching my parents get older, time does seem to be moving far more quickly than pleases me. I’m over half a century old myself and only just now really understand that I won’t get everything done in life that I once set out to do. My parents are close to 80 but more active than me. It is quite certain that they will be in the midst of some project or plans when their time comes to leave this earth.
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What do I mean by “practical mystic?” It is a term that came to me over the past few years as I have explored many spiritual paths in order to learn what is in concert with the teachings of Christ and with the experience of the early mystics of the Christian faith. Practical because for me (some would say because of my astrological sign of Cancer) if something of faith has no practical use then it has little intrest for me. Mystic because my mind and heart sing in the realm of the Holy Oneness of Being. The Jesus prayer (Om Jesu Christi Misereri Nobis) is the backround music of my waking and sleeping hours. Silence is the place I feel least alone and most at home.
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