WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
OF HEAVENLINESS
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He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
-- Micah 6:8 NRSV
+ Mysticism without
devotion is like uncooked food, it can never be assimilated.
— Hazrat Inayat Khan in The Inner Life
This is one of the quotes found in the Spirituality & Practice guide to the
practice of Devotion.
+ When the passion
of the mystic for God is married to the passion of the activist for justice, a
new fire is born.
-- Andrew Harvey
+ Let us realize
the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr. often included this great
statement of faith which he discovered in a sermon by Theodore Parker who was the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston in the 19th century.
+ Justice
is one of the nine heavenly attributes which we will be exploring soon. Devotion is one of the 12
practices we have already explored but we can always come back to it and
explore it some more. In order to be
faithful to God and to all of creation we need to be devoted to compassion, peace, justice and sustainable abundance with our all of our
mind, heart, body and soul day after day, breath after breath. Let us keep in mind that powerful mystical
experience of Thomas Merton on the streets of Louisville which made him realize
like never before that a spiritual life must include an unceasing devotion to
justice for all. See SE214.
+ Spirituality & Practice offers
an abundance
of resources on the practice of Justice and there is a 12s
gallery on Justice.
+ Spirituality & Practice
emphasizes the practices of Love & Compassion:
+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this
practice or any practice. And, I have
work to do on my Heavenlinesspage. Maybe you can help. Send an email with the subject “Heavenliness”
or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.
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