Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Between my love and my heart things were happening....

I have many words, but they fly into the air. Much good is happening, and I will blatantly steal a story used in today's sermon to post here to try to describe what's going on. (Today's sermon introduced me to the "Desert Fathers" of early Christianity. It's like everything I love from Christianity and everything I love from Sufism, together.)

Mother. Don't read further unless you want Wednesday's sermon ruined.

Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, ‘Abba as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?’ then the old man stood up and stretched his hands towards heaven. His fingers became like ten lamps of fire and he said to him, ‘If you will, you can become all flame.’

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