The True Seeker

Only when the lamp of search, of earnest striving, of longing desire, of passionate devotion, of fervid love, of rapture, and ecstasy, is kindled within the seeker’s heart, and the breeze of His loving-kindness is wafted upon his soul, will the darkness of error be dispelled, the mists of doubts and misgivings be dissipated, and the lights of knowledge and certitude envelop his being. At that hour will the Mystic Herald, bearing the joyful tidings of the Spirit, shine forth from the City of God resplendent as the morn, and, through the trumpet-blast of knowledge, will awaken the heart, the soul, and the spirit from the slumber of heedlessness. Then will the manifold favors and outpouring grace of the holy and everlasting Spirit confer such new life upon the seeker that he will find himself endowed with a new eye, a new ear, a new heart, and a new mind. He will contemplate the manifest signs of the universe, and will penetrate the hidden mysteries of the soul. Gazing with the eye of God, he will perceive within every atom a door that leadeth him to the stations of absolute certitude.

Friday, January 5, 2007

An old musing

I don't believe anyone can sit down and think for a while and eventually figure out whether or not God exists. People argue about it all the time and can never prove it to each other. And if you can't even be sure God exists, then it wouldn't make sense to go looking for some sort of religion. What's the point, right? There's nothing to base it on anyway. On that premise, everyone should be agnostic. Seriously, it's the smartest thing. But then there's this other way of looking at it. Where we're not sitting around trying to figure out whether or not to believe in God. In this scenario, God is actively telling us He exists, and He has something to say to us. So if you got a message that was from God, then you'd know that God exists.

So pretty much, only God has the power to prove to us that He exists. So it's not that we figure that out first, and THEN go look at the religions. It's the other way around. We have to look at the religions first to decide whether they are the lies of men, or something else entirely.
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