INSIGHT 32: IN PRAYER WE TALK TO GOD; IN MEDITATION WE ...

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INSIGHT 32: IN PRAYER WE TALK TO GOD; IN MEDITATION WE LISTEN TO GOD. AND IN THAT MEDITATION WE EMBARK UPON THE SPIRITUAL, MYSTICAL AND INDEED SACRED PILGRIMAGE TOWARDS ONENESS WITH THE ALL, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL GOD. SUCH IS OUR DESTINY, OUR SPIRITUAL PURPOSE, AND INDEED THE SACRED MEANING OF OUR VERY BEING.

These insights, that were begun by Richard Dell right back in the early 1990s, touch on all the most meaningful and indeed important religious and spiritual issues of our times. They are the same now as they were then. These Insights see religion just as firmly grounded in the Earth and in the stars as it is in the spirit and in the heavens. Richard sees no distinction between the material and spiritual realms. ALL is ONE. This comes through so clearly in these Insights, and that is why the environmental movement – our awakening at last to the needs of Gaia, of our planet – is as important as any spiritual quest, as important as all our need for healing, and is and must be an integral part of that holistic oneness that we must achieve in all that we do. It is also why issues such as Black Lives Matter are deeply spiritual. Richard sees inclusivity as being at the core of all our spiritual and religious endeavours. ALL is indeed ONE. And that mantra is the key to humanity’s future evolution: spiritual, social and political. In meditation – in listening – we are also undoubtedly engaged, undoubtedly aware. Now, though, the silent listener is ourselves, and within our silence we can reach equally deep and equally therapeutic understanding. Do we touch the infinite universe beyond ourselves? Or is the infinite universe forever within us? It hardly matters. It is the spiritual reality of the sacred ALL touching us and being us.

INSIGHT 32

IN OUR MEDITATIONS AND OUR SPIRITUAL CONTEMPLATIONS WE AWAKEN TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, TO THE PRESENCE OF THE ALL. WE AWAKEN TO THE INFINITE AND ETERNAL SACRED. AND WITH THIS AWAKENING, SO SHALL COME OUR SPIRITUAL HEALING OF OURSELVES, OF EACH OTHER, OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OF OUR MOTHER EARTH, OUR HOLY GAIA.

When we pray, we are in a sense talking to God. When we meditate, we might say that we are in essence listening to God. In reality, of course, the situation is far from being such a binary one. 

In praying – in talking – we are undoubtedly engaged, undoubtedly aware. Even at its most basic level we can claim that we are deep in a sort of spiritual therapy, talking to a silent listener whom we know / believe understands us and cares for us. In that light, prayer is undoubtedly therapeutic. In that light, within the silence of the ‘unknown’ listener we can find answers. Whether they be answers from deep within ourselves, or answers from deep within the Silence of God, hardly matters.

In meditation – in listening – we are also undoubtedly engaged, undoubtedly aware. Now, though, the silent listener is ourselves, and within our silence we can reach equally deep and equally therapeutic understanding. Do we touch the infinite universe beyond ourselves? Or is the infinite universe forever within us? It hardly matters.

Image of the interior of an Anglican church that had originally been part of Bolton Abbey in North Yorkshire, England. It shows sunlight filtering through stained-glass windows, creating a kaleidoscope of aethereal colours.