Evelyn Underhill explains the first step on the path to contemplation: recollection
Jesus promised His disciples three things: that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble. G.K. Chesterton
Evelyn Underhill unpacks her definition of mysticism as the art of union with Reality.
The price of connection is pain…A full life will be full of pain. But the only alternative is not to live fully or not to live at all. Scott Peck, The Road Less Travelled
He who will, in the long run, be satisfied with nothing less than perfection, will also be delighted with the first feeble, stumbling effort you make tomorrow to do the simplest duty. C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Merton explains how it is not material things that are evil, but rather our false self that forges sinful relationships with them.
The maxim of illusory religion is: “Fear not; trust in God, and He will see that none of the things you fear will happen to you.” Real religion has a different maxim: “Fear not; the things that you are afraid... Continue Reading →
Hannah Whitall Smith describes the higher Christian life and how to enter it
The Magpie 