Brother Richard

And breathing in now, we breathe in, following our breath to the very deepest part of our being.

To that place of perfect peace and perfect light and perfect grace that exists at the very center of the cycle of our breath.

And trying to find that little point of change.

And be present to that point.

And as we dwell at the very center of our being, we can say inwardly, I am I, a center of pure consciousness and will, a human being,

created in love and held in being by divine love.

And I choose now to meditate for myself and for all who are in need.

And gently then, we begin once again to draw our attention to the floor beneath us, to the chair or cushion supporting us,

Inwardly now we make the intention to carry this piece forward into the rest of the day.

To share it with all those we meet or encounter.

And gently

Beginning to move fingers and toes.

Taking a little bit of a stretch if you feel you need it.

We allow the sound of the bell to draw us back to the room.

Thank you.

Welcome back.

Today we're going to revisit with the meditation master known as the master of the cloud of unknowing.

His great monastic teacher of the 1400s continues to remind us that we might meet the presence of the divine in every succeeding present moment.

In our meditation today, we will go through the three steps that this teacher asks that we would undertake for this practice.

Entering the cloud of forgetting, entering the cloud of unknowing, and then using the versiculum, the little word, to hold ourselves in that awareness.