An Understanding Of Meditation
Can you turn a Mystery into a technique? Can you turn Grace into a self-help regime, a 12 step program, or cool the fire of God into smoldering tablets? According to the accounts in Exodus chapter 3 and Deuteronomy 4, Moses entered the cloud of unknowing and there, beyond the senses, saw God as uncreated fire. He heard the voice of the almighty but saw no form. Then God revealed the divine name: "I AM." This is real meditation. But when Moses came out of the cloud, the Word of God somehow solidified into stone, containing Ten Commandments. It is better to enter the Fire and simply leave your innermost Self there, where you don't need any tablets. Then the mind, the senses, and the body can emerge into the world again to perform their work. But the heart remains forever drowned in the ocean of divine radiance. When the intellectual mind gets hold of spirituality, it wants to turn it into theology, law, and a doctoral program. Better to be a beginne...
