An excerpt from John Main OSB, “Space to Be,” MOMENT OF
CHRIST (New York: Continuum, 1998), pp. 92-93.
To know ourselves, to understand ourselves and to . . .get
ourselves and our problems in perspective, we simply must make contact with our
spirit. All self-understanding arises from understanding ourselves as spiritual
beings, and it is only contact with the universal Holy Spirit that can give us
the depth and the breadth to understand. . .The way to this is not difficult.
It is very simple. But it does require serious commitment. . .
The way of meditation is very simple. All each of us has to
do is to be as still as possible in body and in spirit. . . .Learning to
meditate is learning to let go of your thoughts, ideas and imagination and to
rest in the depths of your own being. Always remember that. Don’t think, don’t
use any words other than your own word, don’t imagine anything. Just sound, say
the word in the depths of your spirit and listen to it. Concentrate upon it
with all your attention.
Why is this so powerful? Basically, because it gives us the
space that our spirit needs to breathe. It gives each of us the space to be
ourselves. When you are meditating you don’t need to apologize for yourself and
you don’t need to justify yourself. All you need to do is to be yourself, to
accept from the hands of God the gift of your own being. And in that acceptance of yourself and your
creation, you come into harmony with the Creator, . . .the Spirit of God.
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