The Gospel of Jesus Christ begins with metanoia, turning, to reveal theoria, vision of God’s Kingdom, opening the eye of the heart to wisdom, consummating love of God in glorification. Wisdom conjoins heaven and earth in the glory of the Name, discerning the uncreated light of the Gospel, treasuring the pearl of great price in the womb of the heart. Embryonic union… Read more »
The axis of pure turning is the heart in which everything turns round at centre, everything is decisively immersed in uncreated light, revealing deifying glory. When the heart turns, heaven turns, earth into heaven, heaven into earth, revealing glory at centre through wisdom. Active and receptive energies conjoin in the heart, dissolving delusion, undoing division. Dispersing doubt, clarifying confusion, fear’s reign of… Read more »
The fire of Spirit ignites the flame of wisdom, revealing burning glory through the unveiled Name. The Song of Songs awakens holy wisdom in the Holy of Holies, indwelling the cloud of unknowing like a spiritual marriage, generating rebirth in the Holy Spirit. Christ breathes the Holy Spirit into his disciples when he breathes on them, recreating them in the… Read more »
Pure attention is spontaneous when recognition awakens with respectful recognition. Straining and stressing strive to attain this, but respect re-spects it through wisdom, and recognition re-cognises it through glory, awakening respectful recognition. The receptivity of the moon hallows the earth, welcoming the blazing activity of the sun, symbol of hallowing heaven, conjoining heaven and earth. The spiritual alchemy of wisdom lies… Read more »
Turning the light of attention round is decisive, because the living waters of uncreated light baptise awareness when it recognises the uncreated energy of glory, awakening enlightening energy that unites the mind with the heart. Attention is always decisive, because it unites active wisdom with receptive glory, awakening uncreated creativity in the cave of the heart. Attention turns the mind around so that… Read more »
Formless metanoia turns the light of awareness round so that formless theoria sees the glory of God on earth as it is in heaven. The Father is the source of the Son’s generation and the Spirit’s procession, but the vision of God is formless, transcending sensation and perception. The practice of formless theoria discerns the glory of grace deifying sinners,… Read more »
The Holy Spirit of Truth frees the heart from the bondage of distracting thoughts, stilling the mind in the heart, awakening the spirit of humankind to the loving-kindness of God. The golden energy of uncreated light crowns seers with the golden light of God’s throne, filling lower and higher energy centres with light, uniting both with the glory of God Most High. Golden… Read more »
Glorification lives from self-emptying love, but when self-realisation is weak, self-emptying may descend into psychotic disintegration. Casualties of psychotic dislocation may occur in souls who by-pass psychological integration with unintegrated self-emptying, in which case spiritual integration must include psychological with spiritual realisation. Elders normally stand back when Christ awakens in the heart, but there is no avoiding withdrawal of psychological projections in healthy spiritual… Read more »
The Beloved Disciple bears witness that she loves as she is loved, handing on the love with which Christ first loved her, revealing the ultimate glory of love. Her hidden witness gave rise to the Fourth Gospel, the three Epistles of love and the Book of Revelation, all of which reveal the glory of love glorifying beloved disciples in the… Read more »
The Name mirrors God in the heart, revealing God’s image and likeness in mysteries of glory, unveiling the face of Christ in the Holy Spirit. Wisdom sees what glory reveals, communicating God’s mysterious reign by hallowing the Name. Wisdom turns to see the face of glory where before sinners saw themselves, releasing the Spirit of truth to unveil God’s truth through… Read more »