My Beloved is for me and I am for my Beloved (Teresa of Avila, Collected Works, Vol. III, 379)
When we surrender ourselves to the Divine, we enter into deep places. We need more courage than we think. “This is the place where a deep and refined purification takes place and where the dark night of the soul may be experienced. When we are in this place, we will be confronted by all that remains to separate us from God; whatever survives in our soul from past wounds and ego desires will emerge to be cleaned. We may also be left to walk alone on this part of the journey, not feeling the presence of God or having human support. However, in traveling through this purifying crucible we will come to know the art of detachment and the purity of humility.” (Falling Into the Arms of God, p 172) We do this with love and courage.
How are you opening to what God wants to give you?
How are you opening your heart?
Where do you see or experience paradox?
Megan Don writes that when we reach this place, it is the place of paradox. She further writes, “If we wish to walk the spiritual pathway …then we best learn, as quickly as possible, that contradiction is very often God’s way. Do not expect God to walk a straight path, and do not expect to walk on one yourself. The map to love has many curves and circular roadways; learning this truth is a spiritual imperative.” (P 174)
Resources:
Don, Megan; Falling into the Arms of God, New World Library, Novato, CA. 2005.
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