Starting With Nothingness
Thomas Merton offers these thoughts on meditation:
"First of all our meditation should begin with the realization of our nothingness and helplessness in the presence of God. This need not be a mournful or discouraging experience. On the contrary, it can be deeply tranquil and joyful since it brings us in direct contact with the source of all joy and all life. But one reason why our meditation never gets started is perhaps that we never make this real, serious return to the center of our own nothingness before God. Hence we never enter into the deepest reality of our relationship with Him."
As long as I am trying to "put on" someone or "be" someone, I am not fully letting go of self to the point where I can allow God to be at home in me. I am still trying to hang onto the reigns. This is true of my time alone with God just as its true of my time in the busyness of the day. The more I can let go of everything in my times of solitude, the more I am able to let God be God in my times of busyness. It's not easy, but it's an excellent goal-- seriously returning to the center of our own nothingness-- being willing to detach, let go, and just be... with God.
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Posted by: Orflin G. Champion | June 22, 2005 at 10:24 AM
I have a had a very warm and loving relationship, when sudenly it became very and extremely bitter.
Right now that relationship is packed up but i still find it extremely hard to let go of the thoughts of love and warm embraces that radiates my entire being from my x lover. I can't feel a very personal and live embrace from God and that makes the bruses in my heart larger and my thoughts lingers so much arround the x love affairs, the thoughts of his kisses, embrace, romance and so on. my x lover does not realy love me as much as i do, and he instituted our parting, et i find it hard to forget him and his kises, embrace and warm romance. I am in great confusion and needs your adivce. I cant' conentrate for once, even on my knees to pray, his thoughts come right through my mind. i fantize so mcuh about him, until i dream of his all the time. Despite the pains and physicall injuries inflicted on my physical body and in my heart becuase of him. i still don't mind thinking so lovingly about him and just hoping i can see him once more to receive a warm touch, embrace, huge, etc. Please advice me and help me to come out of all this euphoria and fantises about an x lover
Posted by: Blessing | August 14, 2007 at 12:05 PM