Quakerism and spiritual awakening
John Elford believes we need to look deeply into ourselves
Now thou must die in the silence, to the fleshly wisdom, knowledge, reason, and understanding; so thou comest to feel that which brings thee to wait upon God; (thou must die from the other) that brings thee to feel the power of an endless life, and come to possess it.
- George Fox
Quakers often describe themselves as seekers, and in Meeting for Worship there is a sense of waiting on the Divine. As our thoughts calm down and our ordinary sense of self becomes more transparent we become aware of a wider and deeper reality that is in truth ever-present and eternal, and that some call ‘God’.
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