The objects and things that surround us point to a dimension that goes beyond themselves. This is because everything that exists is also an image, a window, a symbol.
This form of meditation presupposes that you have fixed a regular place and time for your silent withdrawal. Otherwise, travel first to silence and space.
It is during your times of silent inner prayer that your eyes will see unsuspected deeper realities.
Mystical
meditation
requires the skill of
seeing beyond.
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- Main chapter on Going beyond Symbols.
- Short Readings on Going beyond Symbols
- Ikebana, a Japanese form of meditation through flower arrangement
- "Speaking about God?", the limitation of religious language
- "Worship and Prayer", how to get the most from acts of worship
- "God is beyond human imagination", from Denis the Areopagite.
