‘Canto fermo’ is the term for an existing melody used as the basis for a new composition. The prose and poetry of mystics like John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila and Edith Stein – all informed by the Gospel – is my ‘melody’. The ‘new composition’ is this blog and my indie novel ‘The Age for Love’. To buy my book go to amazon.com or smashwords.com and download to your kindle, iPad, phone or any reading device.
Friday, 12 February 2016
THE REAL OIL ON MEDITATION FROM THE QUEEN OF MYSTICS, ST TERESA OF AVILA
If His Majesty has not begun to absorb us, I cannot understand how the mind can be stopped.
There is no way of doing so without bringing about more harm than good, although there has been a lengthy controversy (and there still is!) on this matter among some spiritual persons ... but those in favour of stopping the mind have never given me a reason for submitting to what they say.
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