Stilte en Afsondering

• One of the elders said: "Just as it is impossible to see your face in troubled water, so also the soul, unless it is clear of alien thoughts, is not able to pray to God in contemplation."—uit Illuminated Life, Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light

Solitude pulls me away from the world to the desert,

and solitude sends me back from the desert to the world.

Thomas Keating:Through this process we become soil that is better prepared to receive the seed of God’s

word. God’s word is meant to take possession of all our faculties and to bring about our gradual

transformation into Christ. Therefore, we act out of his world-view and his

consciousness, rather than out of our own narrow, ego-centered consciousness.

Examen – Dagrefleksie

Ignatius van LoyolaCosolation – VertroostingDesolation - Verwydering