The self-same moment that we find God in ourselves, we also find ourselves inside God

Just because you do not have the right word for God does not mean you are not having the right experience.

For postmodern people, the universe is not inherently enchanted, as it was for the ancients. We have to do all the "enchanting" ourselves. This leaves us alone, confused, and doubtful. There is no meaning already in place for our discovery and enjoyment.

The human art form is in uniting fruitful activity with a contemplative stance—not one or the other, but always both at the same time.

15:9). Big Truth is intended to deeply change the seer himself or herself, or it is not Big Truth—or truth at all. Some form of contemplative practice is the key to this larger seeing and this larger knowing.

Be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing. —T.S. ELIOT, "East Coker" from the Four Quartets

Whenever God is conceived in the soul, it is always an allowing, never an accomplishment.

To keep the mind space open, you need some form of meditative practice—something much more than saying prayers. In fact, if recitation of prayers does not lead to a change in consciousness, it is actually counterproductive.

Unfortunately, the notion of faith that emerged in the West was much more a rational assent to the truth of certain mental beliefs, rather than a calm and hopeful trust that God is inherent in all things, and that this whole thing is going somewhere good.

do not find our own Center; it finds us. The body is in the soul. It is both the place of contact and the place of surrender.

Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.

We are human beings, not human doings.