Grace glorifies those who glorify God in his Name, crowning seers enthroned in Christ, whose glory deifies them. Graced crowning vindicates all who trust God in his Name, opening the mysteries of the throne of grace. Vanity is consumed by glory when wisdom unveils the uncreated Face of God, redeeming saints from vainglory and pride. Grace reveals great mysteries of… Read more »
Queen Elizabeth II died yesterday afternoon but here on earth throne and crown stand steadfast, singing, ‘God save the King!’ and in heaven, throne and crown are timeless, glorifying not only a mortal queen but also Christ, the immortal king, enthroned and crowned in his invisible Kingdom. Earth and heaven eternally wed in the Holy of Holies, resurrecting our queen and all… Read more »
Persecution of the Name is rife in an age of nihilism, although the Name extinguishes fear and hallows the persecuted. Elders take heart when the Name is hallowed, enthroning saints in glory, crowning them with wisdom. The Name searches minds and hearts, revealing grace from beginning to end and from first to last. Suffering for God’s Name is often excruciating, severing… Read more »
When glory is aware of itself, it is wisdom and when wisdom is aware of its heavenly realm, it is glory. The reciprocity of wisdom and glory lies hidden at the heart of the Name, aware and present in each person of the Holy Trinity and therefore: ‘thrice-holy.’ The Name saves by virtue of the wisdom and glory it reveals. Realms… Read more »
Purity of heart is enlightened by virtue of the purity of God, for there is no conditioned way or external means to enlighten it, because it already is light knowing light through light. Self-centred effort and self-willed struggle point beyond themselves to the good news of the Gospel of grace. Glory already is uncreated light, freely given by grace. The… Read more »
Theoria is wisdom enlightening the mind in the heart, uniting awareness with energy in uncreated light, uniting visible and invisible realms in uncreated glory. To see with the eye of wisdom in the heart is to behold glory in the age to come, centred on the axis of the revelatory Name, pivoting between the uncreated and the created where the invisible… Read more »
Metanoia means change of mind that passes beyond, meta, mind, noia, beyond, that is, both conventional mindfulness and mindless dissipation. Metanoia turns the mind inside out and outside in, reversing self-centred mind-sets so that God-centred wisdom is revealed. Metanoia unites heavenly glory with earthly awareness, that is the function of wisdom, which, like glory, is uncreated. Metanoia appears to begin as something created… Read more »
The Name of God is uncreated light, turning awareness round from divisive separation into indivisible union, awakening wisdom through glory in realms of uncreated grace. Turning reverses the fall from grace by purifying and illumining the heart, awakening wisdom that glorifies God. Effort is employed for a time to discover effortless grace, revealing the wisdom of theoria that discerns the glory of… Read more »
Hallowing the Name transmutes the lead of distraction into the gold of integral recollection in the cauldron of fire and water, where the golden lion and the silvery unicorn are fighting for the crown. The centre where all centres coincide is everywhere, for it is neither spacial not temporal, but maintains its axial poise always and everywhere. Distraction de-centres the chuntering mind but… Read more »
The alchemy of the Name dissolves division in the water of fire, clarifying confusion in the fire of water, empowering water to interiorise truth as fire. The Spirit inspires tongues of fire whilst the body is cleansed in living waters, uniting the baptising waters of Pascha with the chrismating Pentecost of fire. Water weds fire when wisdom weds glory, uniting body… Read more »