In my ongoing search to understand the various levels of consciousness and the part love plays...or is love consciousness? or consciousness love?...I've come this morning to Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation," with a quote of John of the Cross. He is delineating levels of consciousness, with the primary factor of love in its various forms as the ribbon running through (I've bolded my take or interpretation):
"....in discussing union with God, we are not discussing the substantial union that is always existing [being in this world] but the soul’s union with and transformation in God [4th dimension]. This union [4th] is not always existing, but we find it only where there is likeness of love. We will call it “the union of likeness [spiritual mind]”; and the former, “the essential or substantial union [material or reasoning mind].” The union of likeness is supernatural (meaning graced or given) [also known as rocketed into]; the other, natural [which we are born into]. The supernatural union exists when God's will and the soul’s are in conformity, so that nothing in the one is repugnant to the other."
For those of us in the walking-around world and seeking still more spiritual growth, it is a bloomin' miracle to be gifted with a16th century saint's writing that answers the very questions we are pondering today, that matches so clearly what we are experiencing, yet still needing clarification.
Don't tell me God doesn't know...and answer!...our needs.
Thank you.
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