In another community a question of prayer came up, and I thought I'd share my response here for anyone who might be interested. I am just re-posting the lengthy comment because I'm too lazy to re-formulate it into a post that doesn't make specific reference to the OP's questions. Everything I talk about in this post comes from a book that I ( Read more... )

"A temptation many of us struggle with is the temptation to judge others ( Read more... )

Breakthroughs do indeed happen. These can, however, be quickly followed by moodiness, irritability, struggling once again with demons we thought had been dealt with long ago. This ego backlash is fairly common at this point in one's practice and not all that complicated. The ego is accustomed to keeping a tight grip on things and always having ( Read more... )

Union with God is not something we acquire by a technique but the grounding truth of our lives that engenders the very search for God. Because God is the ground of our being, the relationship between creature and Creator is such that, by sheer grace, separation is not possible. God does not know how to be absent. The fact that most of us ( Read more... )