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I think it is a matter of becoming conscious of it, not becoming it.
It's always part of us/what we are part of--aware of us, though we aren't of it... Prodigal kids we are!
posted by
Ciel
on April 15, 2005 at 10:31 AM
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Ciel -
Absolutely! It does become easier and easier to reclaim. And at some point, I believe, there is no need to reclaim because it becomes a part of who you are, or maybe a better way to say it is you become a part of the Divine and will always be.
posted by
sannhet
on April 15, 2005 at 5:21 AM
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Pappy -
But they always come back. Maybe it's because they realize that the next job is to begin to walk the path with "God" along side.
posted by
sannhet
on April 15, 2005 at 5:17 AM
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Metta -
I agree with you. Once you've touched the divine (through solitude and going within), you are fundamentally changed so that you are walking with "God" at all times - something that this world desperately needs.
posted by
sannhet
on April 15, 2005 at 5:16 AM
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Painter -
Yup, enlightenment comes in solitude.
posted by
sannhet
on April 15, 2005 at 5:12 AM
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Vision quest seems to be universal in the search for God-experience.
Once you've had that experience, though, and have traveled a pathway from the everyday to the divine, it becomes more possible to reclaim it, to recognize when it is present again. There is a seed of that divinity within every human being, I believe, that seeks the greater version of itself, that knows it when it experiences it, and creates a link with it that can become a channel for energy to flow both ways.
posted by
Ciel
on April 14, 2005 at 10:07 PM
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They all went out, sannhet
At least once with no intention of coming back.
posted by
pappy
on April 14, 2005 at 8:35 PM
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one reason people say mantras is to get in control of distractions so that they are no longer distractions - so that their minds are focused upon God in all circumstances... Christian mystics say the Jesus Prayer, perhaps, Muslims or Sufis say "La Illaha Il Allah" (there is nothing but God), Hindu's repeat the name of their Diety (or aspect of God)... Brother Lawrence did nothing without joining God in the action... in modern day enlightenment, the challenge is not going out away from the city lights, in solitude, to find God... that is the easy part - the challenge is to, there within the buzz of everyday modern life, find God. What good are we to the world if our only Peace is shared in solitude with the Lord? We must learn to live side by side (or inside) with God in each circumstance - learn to greet Him in all His wonderous disguises that we would attribute to something else... Rumi said something that I absolutely love - "When you look for God, God is found in the look of your eyes" - when you leave your house looking to find God - everyone you meet is seeing God coming from you. It is a practice of constant meditation... What a wonderful way to touch the world!
posted by
Metta
on April 14, 2005 at 5:17 PM
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solitude is good
one's mind is focused toward it surroundings
mainly everyday things
these were enlightened one way or another during solitude
posted by
Xeno-x
on April 14, 2005 at 1:59 PM
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