My last night's blinding flash of the obvious: Jesus was not "visited" by God from on high. He awakened to the realization of the Divine Presence as his own, living within him.
Well, that is not news...ah, but it must come to us new.
I suspect that same is true of the Buddha, Abraham, Francis and Clare, each mystic, saint and/or walking-around human being, then and now. All can and must realize as our own the living God within...fully and totally, the presence and power of God in all the holy names of God...or God as we understand Him.
We may believe that God is within, we may talk it...a lot...but in fact we only know the words and agree with them. Until our knowing is empowered from within...and, I'm guessing, until we test drive it repeatedly...we continue to live in the world of reason.
It is these BFOs that assure us that we are heading in the right direction...that we are seeking to do as He did and, often, getting what He got. There. That's our proof of purchase, so to speak.
That's what stays us on our course. By doing as He did, we get what He got, which assures us that "greater works than these" we can do.
Then I read Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation" today: This inner knowing is the Indwelling Presence.
Can I get an "Amen"!
Thank you.
[SIDEBAR: It was purely for convenience that when first I got the word that I could have a "God as I understood him," I chose to follow the teachings of Jesus. At that time, the Buddha wasn't yet "in" so if he crossed my mind, I would stop and think if the "h" came after the "B" or before the "a." Plus I knew how to spell Jesus. How my spiritual decisions were made...plain and simple.]
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