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Considerations for a life
a lay monastic meditation
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Be With God Alone.
What we know of God is revealed by Gods creation, all of creation.
Therefore, attend to creation. -
Be wholeheartedly listening.
God is nameless. Listen in silence for the sound and presence of God.
Every voice, every sound, every face is our contemplation & attention of God. -
Be still, and pray continuously, with each being and all creation.
Receive grace and truth with simplicity and humility. Let the loving light & the compassionate attention of the Christ and the Bodhisattva surround & shine through you. -
Be gratefully with what is near.
We suffer each other, and we love each other.
Here is Gods home. Be what is here. Become Gods presence. -
Be Alone With God.
Solitude is how we engage What-Is-God.
When with God we are with everyone.
Quotes:
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Be still and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)
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For the Great Spirit is everywhere; he hears whatever is in our minds and hearts, and it is not necessary to speak to Him in a loud voice. (Black Elk)
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Have the courage to be alone - for once try to endure your own company for a while. Dont speak, then, not even with yourself nor with the others with whom we dispute even when they are not there. Wait. Listen. Endure yourself! (Karl Rahner)
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Praying is not about asking; it is about listening. It is just opening your eyes to see what was there all along. (Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche)
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It is as if in creating us God asked a question, and in awakening us to contemplation He answered the question, so that the contemplative is at the same time, question and answer. We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us. I live, now not I, but Christ lives in me. (T. Merton)