Presence of Glory

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Blessing descends on those who turn and see, discovering God at centre in the midst, beholding Christ transfigured in uncreated light, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, who transfigures sinners by turning them into saints.  Wisdom discerns the heart of stillness in uncreated glory, uncovering peace that is timeless and immaculate, purifying the mind in the heart.  Delusion dispels as confusion releases into communion,… Read more »

Name of Presence

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The Name ‘I AM,’ conjoins awareness of presence with presence of awareness, revealing God, one in three persons, embracing glory with wisdom.  Presence grounds awareness and awareness presence in wisdom’s uncreated discernment of glory, which permeates all worlds in their gracious co-inherence.  Extremes arise but extremism dissolves when wisdom unveils glory, cleansing perception in purification of the heart. Wisdom, therefore,… Read more »

Father of Light

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The Father of light is constant and trustworthy, invariably consistent in his wholesome completeness.  Free of emotional shadows, his presence in our midst is unwavering in its wisdom and glory, transcending all configured forms, transfiguring all conditioned beings.  Realisation of his wondrous presence is easy for uncreated wisdom, curing dissipating confusion and divisive separation with hallowing communion.  Wisdom trusts the Father of… Read more »

Perfect Freedom

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Obedience to the holy will of God is perfect freedom, a child-like trust in God that liberates the mind by centring in the heart, generating purity of heart.  Real genuineness of heart, too, is child-like and trusting, being God-centred in the image and likeness of God.  Obedience listens to God and acts in synergy with God, surrendering to the will of… Read more »

Reign of God

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The Reign of God is uncontrived within every person, wondrously present and aware, awakening wisdom to glory in God’s presence, opening to pure stillness through self-emptying.  Healing stillness is in harmony with the uncreated light of wisdom, so gives rise to the union of the mind and the heart in the Name.  The Holy Spirit nurtures this union by imparting… Read more »

Way of Glorification

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The way of glorification is ineffable in at least two ways, the hallowing way of glorification of God and the sanctifying way of glorification by God.  The greater the glorification of God, the greater the glorification by God, which is the ineffable mystery of mutual, doxological reciprocation.  From the beginning, reciprocation reveals the co-inherence of God and humanity, unfathomable in its… Read more »

The Name: Mirror of God

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The Name is the mirror of God, opening the heart to uncreated glory.  The Name is the unveiled face of God, revealing God at centre in the midst.  The Name saves, curing confusion and healing division, opening oblivious blindness to the vision of God.  The Spirit reveals Christ who reveals the Father, awakening sinners to Holy Trinity.  God loves holiness… Read more »

Uncreated Light of Glory

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The uncreated light of glory is all-pervasive and ever-present, grounding space and time in boundless wisdom.  Since Einstein, time has often been spoken of as a fourth dimension, although this way of speaking is still contested, in which case the step back into wisdom would be the fifth and glory the sixth dimension, oneness the seventh and ineffable openness the eighth, being… Read more »

Beloved Wisdom

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Nothing surpasses timeless union with Beloved Wisdom.  Nothing rivals the supreme wonder of uncreated wisdom.  The transmission of wisdom is the mission of patriarchs and prophets, apostles and elders, the consummation and completion of the verbal incompleteness of Scripture in the saints.   Wisdom enlightens those who turn and see, those who, glorifying God, are glorified by God.  Christ chrismates… Read more »

Saint Sophrony the Hesychast: Dynamic Stillness

Saints Sophrony the Hesychast lived ‘dynamic stillness’ throughout his long life.  He lived on Mount Athos in his younger days, so Athonites call him the Athonite, and in Essex in the last years of his life, so others call him, ‘of Essex.’ both of which accurately describe where he lived his earlier and later life.  He is also called ‘the Hesychast,’… Read more »