SUMMONS TO LIFE, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN INSIGHTS
Martin Israel
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"That we are all members one of another is certain in the experience of the true self. For my identity, though unique, achieves reality only in relationship to the whole body of mankind. Thus the soul is, unlike the outer personality that encloses it in form, never circumscribed or alone. It is in psychic communion with all other souls and in spiritual communion with God."
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"In the mad rush for security and peace, there is too often an escape from the person to an outer world of authority, where responsibility may be laid at the door of someone else. Yet there can be no peace that does not come from the depths of our own being, no security that does not arise from the love within, and no knowledge that does not proclaim the unity of the person in the greater community of creation."
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"The unique identity of each person (and created object) is never impugned or obliterated. On the contrary, it is confirmed and glorified in the eternal presence of which it is both an integral part and a universal whole."
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"The journey downwards into our own inner nature is the way to God….In this realised divinity there is eternal joy."
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"This is man's end – to worship God and to enjoy Him forever."
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"When the personality is infused by the authenticity of the soul, the will is free and acting under the direct instructions of the Holy Spirit. Then we are indeed participants in God's will."
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"All creatures live in psychic communion."
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"In real love, the centre of our being is no longer rooted in the personal self but in the soul, which is in eternal communion, through the spirit, with all other souls and with God."
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"When the awareness of the mind transcends the isolation of the personal self, it establishes an intimate relationship with the other, so that it is no longer merely a subject-object communication. This communication is one in which perceiver and perceived, thinker and thought, subject and object are united into a single all-pervading reality in which duality, or separation, is lost."
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"The spiritually alive person is aware….that there is a power behind the cosmic flow which is all-powerful and all-caring."
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"To know your true self is life's quest. When it is known, you have indeed grown into life."
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"There is one God, and all are embraced in Him and infused in Him."
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"The great discovery that lies in promise for us all is the realisation of our true identity, that within each of us which is authentic."
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"This is the splendid vision of the mystic, that God is in all His creation, and we, in union with Him, can participate in the transfiguration of matter."
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"The cosmic dimension of divine love is transpersonal, but never impersonal. Transpersonal love never denies the unique nature of any creature, but loves all creatures equally."
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"Each kindly action changes the perspectives of those in contact with us, and so starts a chain reaction that culminates in a change of heart of many people."
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"We know most of God when we know ourselves best. It is the movement towards self-knowledge that brings us towards a knowledge of life."
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"This is the deeper significance of the evolutionary process, that the human creature might re-establish communion with the Creator as a fully responsible agent infused with the power of God."
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"Growth into the fullness of life is a graduated exploration into the meaning and power of love."
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"In or through His Spirit, God makes His immanence, or indwelling nature, known to us."
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"God reveals Himself to us in all guises provided we have the courtesy to pay attention."
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"Prayer is as necessary for the soul as air is for the body. The fruit of prayer is vision; the action of prayer is love."
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"When we know ourselves we begin to live with meaning and purpose. The world expands, and our hearts respond in joyful radiance. This is the life abundant which alone is worth having."
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"God is defined as that which is."
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"In the spiritual life you are confronted by a psychoanalyst who is your own soul guided by the Holy Spirit. When we are most abject we are also most receptive to divine grace."
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