Since the moment of self-consciousness comes to a permanent end - and a new journey begins- is such a decisive stroke or milestone in the contemplative life, I can only speculate why so little has been said of this breakthrough; in fact , I may never get over the silence on the part of writers who say nothing about this second movement.
The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great mistake. My purpose here is … - Bernadette Roberts
The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great mistake. My purpose here is …
- Bernadette Roberts
The truest communication with God is absolute, total silence; there is not a single word in existence that can convey this communication. - Bernadette Roberts
The truest communication with God is absolute, total silence; there is not a single word in existence that can convey this communication.
When one is perfectly still-mind and body, silent and alone-there is no personality to speak of, thus personality is one's unique way of expression, … - Bernadette Roberts
When one is perfectly still-mind and body, silent and alone-there is no personality to speak of, thus personality is one's unique way of expression, …
When there is no longer a cyclone, there is no longer an eye. So the storms, crises and sufferings of life are a way of finding the eye. - Bernadette Roberts
When there is no longer a cyclone, there is no longer an eye. So the storms, crises and sufferings of life are a way of finding the eye.
...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its first movements, from … - Bernadette Roberts
...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its first movements, from …
It is far more than the discovery of life without a self. The immediate, inevitable result is an emergence into a new dimension of knowing and being … - Bernadette Roberts
It is far more than the discovery of life without a self. The immediate, inevitable result is an emergence into a new dimension of knowing and being …
Spiritual life is like a moving sidewalk. Whether you go with it or spend your whole life running against it, you're still going to be taken along. - Bernadette Roberts
Spiritual life is like a moving sidewalk. Whether you go with it or spend your whole life running against it, you're still going to be taken along.
Only God is love, and for this love to be fully realized self must step aside. And not only do we not need a self to love God, but for the same reaso… - Bernadette Roberts
Only God is love, and for this love to be fully realized self must step aside. And not only do we not need a self to love God, but for the same reaso…
This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way it is. - Bernadette Roberts
This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way it is.
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