The wisdom of the desert is the revelation of the Name, which is an Eternal Gospel proclaimed to all the inhabitants of the earth, all nations, tribes, languages and peoples (Rev 14:6). The Name is an Eternal Gospel because it declares the good news of God’s eternal Kingdom in our midst, revealing God’s timeless, sovereign ‘I’ awareness and ‘AM’ presence here… Read more »
Prophecy in the desert speaks words (logoi) of Logos to communicate the Name, whilst prayer prays ineffable words of awe, joy and wonder that God reveals God through God here, unveiling his Name in the midst. Prophecy says, ‘God is ‘I AM’ unveiling God in the midst. Turn and see!’ Prayer humbly turns and sees who sees here in the… Read more »
The mystical theology of Eastern Orthodox Hesychasm speaks words of wisdom as prophecy which elders impart to awaken prayer, but elders know it is the Spirit that utters ineffable words in the heart that open the eye of the heart. The Apostle Paul says he cannot express what was communicated to him as ineffable utterance in the third heaven (2… Read more »
The Eternal Gospel (Rev 14:6), is unveiled in the desert as the hidden gospel concealed from before the foundation of the world, the primordial gospel unveiling the most ancient of days, the timeless Day of the revealed Name, awareness of wisdom and presence of glory. The Eternal Gospel unveils ‘I AM’ in the midst, inspiring glad tidings that are timeless,… Read more »
Mother Julian of Norwich was shown that love was our Lord’s meaning; ‘I AM,’ love’s glory, the ground of all our beseeching (Revelation of Love ch. 86). Like Dame Julian, desert wisdom questions the enduring meaning of being, searching out the hidden ground of uncreated, deifying grace. Prophecy transmits the Name so that prayer may receive its gracious gifts, opening… Read more »
The unceasing prayer of the Holy Spirit in the heart gives thanks to God for wisdom which inspires prophecy, wisdom which communicates the Holy Name as a prophetic word awakening the eye of the heart, wisdom that glorifies the Father through the revelatory Name of the Son in the Holy Spirit. Prophecy speaks to the hearts of those who have not… Read more »
Saint Sophrony the Hesychast bore witness to God’s Name ‘I AM,’ hallowing our age by restoring glory to God. Wisdom unveils the ineffable oneness of ‘I AM,’ God’s awareness conjoined with deifying presence in the timeless openness of glory, in the light of God’s embrace of our incompleteness within his consummate completeness. Glory proceeds from glory to restore glory to the… Read more »
The desert transmits the Holy Name in accordance with the revelation of the Name on Mount Sinai, in the light of the ‘I AM’ sayings of Christ in the Gospel of John, which unveil the transmission of the Name to the Beloved Disciple. This revelation of the Name on the Mountain of transfiguration informs every dimension of desert wisdom, unveiling… Read more »
Prophetic wisdom springs from the ineffable openness of uncreated awareness, opening prayer to the ineffable oneness of uncreated presence, wisdom beholding glory in the Name, unveiling God in the midst. God unveils God through God, the Spirit proceeding from the Father to abide in the Son, revealing God’s Name, ‘I AM.’ Elders know that God’s ‘I’ awareness is ever-present, beholding God’s… Read more »
The awakened heart is a sanctuary of peace, a place of joy, a cave of mysteries and home of glory where shadows flee and darkness dazzles. The heart rejoices in the beauty of its King whose glory fills his Kingdom with boundless love, whose face unveils glory to the saints. Abidng in the mysteries of the Bridal Chamber, elders weep for all… Read more »