Earlier today, something escaped my lips which revealed to me something about my inner state. It was one of those moments when I did something that was the complete opposite of my conscious intention, and when I regretted my words as soon as I realized I had said them. I feel deep regret for the […]
Category: Faith & Spiritual
Hatred & Judgment
It is not only our hatred of others that is dangerous but also and above all our hatred of ourselves: particularly that hatred of ourselves which is too deep and too powerful to be consciously faced. For it is this which makes us see our own evil in others and unable to see it in […]
A Lesson in Helplessness
There is something about physical suffering that brings forth the truth of our fragility and vulnerability. Yesterday I felt very sick. Probably just a minor virus… it wasn’t even the most sick I had been in recent memory. But there was something about a persistent and intense throbbing headache coupled with the weakness of throwing […]
Mercy
Lord, Please help me to stop getting worked up about how blind others are to their problems and faults and to turn my eyes inwards into my own heart. Help me to see and confront my own brokenness and sinfulness so that I can look upon another sinner with Your love and compassion and see […]
Meditation
Meditation is a path. It’s a discipline. It isn’t a technique. A technique is something that we practise with the ego in order to achieve a desired result, and to be in control of the whole process. With a discipline, we are transcending the ego. We are not practising a discipline in order to get […]
A Beautiful Prayer
Dear Lord, Help me to spread your fragrance wherever I go. Flood my soul with your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of yours. Shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may […]
Emptying Myself
A man who is not stripped and poor and naked within his own soul will unconsciously tend to do the works he has to do for his own sake rather than for the glory of God. He will be virtuous not because he loves God’s will but because he wants to admire his own virtues. […]
Not Me
In order to become myself I must cease to be what I always thought I wanted to be, and in order to find myself I must go out of myself, and in order to live I have to die. The reason for this is that I am born in selfishness and therefore my natural efforts […]
Meant for Me
Luke 6, 36-38 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put […]
Wholesome Food for the Soul
Something from Zibin’s blog that I loved: Anthony DeMello, a Jesuit spiritual writer from India, recounts a dialogue between a disciple and a master: D: “What can I do to make myself enlightened?” T: “As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.” D: “Then of what use are the […]
Journey of the Heart 