Thought for the Week: Elaine Miles is still standing

‘Silence and stillness were necessary conditions in order to attain an attitude of mind that would be completely open.’

by Elaine Miles 29th October 2021

When the early Quakers talked of ‘the Light’ they meant ‘Christ’, because in the New Testament Jesus referred to himself this way. Eventually the term became a kind of metaphor for the Holy Spirit, and Friends began to speak of ‘the Spirit within’. They believed that if they submitted to it, it would give them great peace of mind, enabling them to withstand imprisonment and torture. From this they would get the power to ‘change the world’.