Contemplative love

Bob Morley considers mankind’s direct relationship with God revealed through contemplation

'Without regular and committed times of contemplation the presence of God seems to fade away (masked by the ego), even though it is ever-present.' | Photo: Ed Yourdon / flickr CC.

Over the centuries and, indeed, millennia of our recent history, I believe mankind has inherited an intuitive awareness of ‘that of God’ (or Spirit, or Source) as our origin and destiny, and to which we belong. This has led to the development of religions, many of which portray certain charismatic humans, through faith, as representatives of, or even to be, God.

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