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Tasting

Know You

Jul 28, 2017


LOTUS OF THE HEART

Living in Love beyond Beliefs

Prayer

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God has no religion.

*Mahatma Gandhi

Once a man had what he called the best wine ever made. He bragged enthusiastically to everyone about how delicious it was to the taste. One day he invited a friend over to his wine cellar to see a bottle of this wine.

The friend asked, "May I buy a bottle of this wine from you?"

The man replied, "No, I'm sorry, but this is my only bottle."

The visitor asked, "Well, where did you get this wine from?"

"It was here in the cellar when I bought the house," replied the man.

How many bottles of the wine were here?"

"Oh," said the man, "this one bottle."

"Then, if this is the only bottle, and you have not drunk any of it, how do you know it is the best wine ever made?"

"Well," replied the man, "because that is what the previous owner told me."

Do you know the Truth? Or do you only know about the Truth? Religion or spirituality can point you toward Truth. To know Truth, you must taste it for yourself. And Truth is not an idea or collection of ideas. Truth lives, so is so much more. But I cannot tell you what this means, only you can invite this wholly into yourself, to know in being known, one knowing.

face the light

©Brian Kenneth Wilcox 2017. Brian is a Hospice Chaplain, living out his vow to serve all living beings by serving those preparing to die and their friends and family. Brian lives a vowed life, alone in a quasi-hermitic life, and integrates varied religions, but most especially the contemplative paths of Buddhism and his native faith, Christianity. Brian received a 'mystical' Christ-experience at age 9, and was introduced to a peace untouched by pain and suffering. Later, in his mid-30s, after surviving a dark night of despair, Brian was vowed to a contemplative Christian way of life on St. Matthew's Feast day, 1995, by Greenbough House of Prayer, in Georgia, USA. This began many years of ardent reading, spiritual practice, and exploration of many spiritual paths, including publication of his book An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love. The Journey has led Brian to the joy beyond the ache, a contentment in experiential union with Grace. Brian lives with the affirmation that Love, not as emotion but Divine Presence, transcends all paths of religion and is our Source and Destination. As St. Paul writes in the Christian Bible, "Now remain always, faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love." Peace to All!

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