{"id":1617,"date":"2016-09-15T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesonline.org\/triciablog\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2016-09-15T00:01:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:01:17","slug":"sept-11-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2016\/09\/15\/sept-11-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 9-11-16 Mystics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Sunday!
\nI haven\u2019t felt like writing lately. The inspiration has not been there. Its not that things are not happening in my spiritual growth \u2013 there just seems to be this cloud hanging over me that blocking the creative flow.
\nIt is what it is.
\nSo I am writing today just because I know this blog is not only a source of reflection and tool for growth but it also documents where I am. I refer to it regularly to review the lessons I have learned and what led me to them. I will jot down today where I am with things and see what happens.
\nWell I am on the path that I said I would head with my last post. I am studying the Christian mystics beginning with Saint Francis. I knew I wanted a living mystic to be my guide so I turned toward the two that I know of : Richard Rohr, Franciscan monk, and Father Thomas Keating. I watched a Richard Rohr interview on Youtube called \u2018Cosmic Christ\u2019, this clinched it for me that he was one. He is preaching about Christ as the eternal beingness and cosmic consciousness, which is my understanding.
\nI ordered a couple of Richard\u2019s books and have been watching video of interview of him as well as filmed sermons. The first book, \u2018What the mystics know\u2019 is short, one page, insights and truths therefore I am using this book as a morning practice, reading a page or so to reflect on. The second book I just finished reading, \u2018Eager to Love\u2019, is about the beliefs of Saint Francis and Saint Clare, and the Franciscan Saints who followed, and how they exemplified the true teachings of Jesus.
\nRichard\u2019s messages feel like balm to me \u2013 they validate where I am with my beliefs and that feels so good to be able to push aside doubt. And, when I extend my thinking to how I have developed my current beliefs from the wonderful journey that God has led me along I am in awe and so grateful.
\nThe Christ.
\nRichard teaches that the Christ is eternal. The Christ was the light God created on the first day. The Christ is the Word that John state was in the beginning. The Christ has always been, will always be, and is there for everyone. The Christ is the way; it is what we all long for in our evolution.
\nThat\u2019s it for now \u2013 back to my quietude.
\nBlessings.
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