Brother Richard

This is the point of absolute mystery and absolute love.

It is the place

that we seek always in seeking union with another.

It is the fulfillment at the highest possible level of the desiring self.

It is the origin point of all life.

Resting in that place, we breathe deeply of its grace and goodness.

We recognize that if it exists in us, it exists in every human being, and it calls us to an attitude of reverence and respect before every being as the temple of the divine.

This is the fundamental point of our nature and of our existence.

Called into being by love, held in being by love, drawn to return one day to union with love.

Breathing in, I recognize the divine presence at the very heart of my being.

Breathing out, I recognize the divine presence in every other being.

Breathing in, I am at peace.

Breathing out, I am love.

All the while, simply breathing in and breathing out.

filled with light, filled with love.

And gently then, knowing that we can return to the awareness of this point at any time, we slowly allow the awareness of the lower levels to come back.

Aware of the rational soul, the animal desiring soul, the vegetative soul.

Aware of the sheer biological life of my own being.

The rise and fall of the breath.

But now feeling every level permeated with grace, with peace.