One of my favorite writings by Bede Griffiths in The Golden String. Something terrifying in its power entered into my life at one point and would not be refused. It had revealed itself to me as love, but was a love which demanded everything and which was a torment if it was resisted. I had placed myself into the hands of a power which was infinitely beyond me, and I knew for that time that the sole purpose of my life must be to leave myself in those hands and allow my soul to be governed by that love. I could never doubt afterwards that behind all the accidents of this life, behind all the pain and conflict, there was a definite power at work which was shaping human destiny. Pain and conflict arise from the resistance of the human will to this power, and this resistance in turn is due to our blindness. We are held captive by the material world, the world or reason and common sense. Only when we break with the illusion of this world and face the reality which is hidden in the depths of our being can we find peace. And so it is!
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 04:26:59 +0000
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