Christian Classics

DIVE TO THE BOTTOM

“Like a pearl diver who descends to the bottom of the sea, not to excavate the bottom and bring it to light but to pry loose the rich and the strange, the pearls and the coral in the depths and to carry them to the surface, this thinking delves into the depths of the past—but […]

The Contemplative State

“Therefore the motionlessness which in the state of speechless wonder is no more than an incidental, unintended result of absorption, becomes now the condition and hence the out-standing characteristic of the vita contemplativa. It is not Wonder that overcomes and throws man into motionlessness, but it is through the conscious cessation of activity, the activity […]

The Centre of Secret

“Of all the strange and terrible powers among which we move unknowingly, sex is the most potent… Conceived in the orgasm of life, we burst forth in agony and ecstasy from the centre of creation. Time and again we return to that fountain, lose ourselves in the fires of being, united for a moment with […]

My Confessions to you be Heard by People

“I also, Lord, so make my confessions to you that I may be heard by people to whom I cannot prove that my confession is true. But those whose ears are opened by love believe me.” Augustine, Confessions, II, 80

Forefather Homer

“In no other poetry of world literature is God so unceasingly recalled in every life situation—His might, His presence, His activity in everything through outer events, through inner inspiration and strengthening—in no other poetry does one pray so much, petition so much for help, render thanks, sacrifice, or make vows as in Homer.” Hans Urs […]

Oneness without Otherness

“Many have tried to find ways of salvation. The reports they bring back are often incomplete and apt to mislead even when they are not in words but in music or paint. But they are by no means useless; and not the worst of them are those which speak of oneness with God. But in […]

People Lie

“I like it when people lie. Lying is man’s only privilege over all other organisms. If you lie—you get to the truth! Lying is what makes a man. Not one truth has ever been reached without first lying fourteen times or so, maybe a hundred and fourteen, and that’s honourable in its way.” F. Dostoevsky

Christ than Truth

“To believe that there is nothing more beautiful, more profound, more sympathetic, more reasonable, more courageous, and more perfect than Christ; and there not only isn’t, but I tell myself with a jealous love, there can-not be. More than that – if someone succeeded in proving to me that Christ was outside the truth, and […]

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