“When one is perfectly still-mind and body, silent and alone-there is no personality to speak of, thus personality is one's unique way of expression, it is what others see and know of us, nothing more or deeper than that.” KnowsWayMindStillsBodySpeakExpressionPersonalityUniqueSilentDeeperMind And Body Author:Bernadette Roberts
“Only God is love, and for this love to be fully realized self must step aside. And not only do we not need a self to love God, but for the same reason we do not need a mind to know him, for that in us which knows God, is God.” KnowsLoveNeedsMindSelfReasonReligionStepsGod LoveKnowing GodGod Is Love Book:The Experience of No-Self: A Contemplative Journey Source: The Experience of No-Self: A Contemplative Journey
“It is one step, and a giant one, to see clearly and participate in the love that flows between the persons of the Trinity, but even here, God is seen as the object of his own love. It is yet another step to realize that God is beyond all subject and object and is Himself love without subject or object. This is the step beyond our highest experiences of love and union, a step in which self is not around to divide, separate, objectify or claim anything for itself. Self does not know God; it cannot love him, and from the beginning has never done so.” KnowsLovePersonsDoeSelfDoneRealizingStepsSubjectsObjectsSelf LoveHighestFlowExperienceClaimsUnionsGiantsDividesKnowing GodTrinity Book:The Experience of No-Self: A Contemplative Journey Source: The Experience of No-Self: A Contemplative Journey
“I went on to discover that in its deepest sense, the will is not primarily the faculty of desire for anything known, but rather, the desire for something unknown, animate desire for something that lies beyond ourselves, a longing for something we know is missing in us.” KnowsLyingDesireKnownMissingLongingFaculty Author:Bernadette Roberts
