Christian mysticism

The Presence of Christ is Heaven

Through Christ

Heaven comes down to earth and lives within us

Do not think heaven is only some distant place in the afterlife

Heaven can be experienced right here and now

The Kingdom of heaven is already within you

Seek Christ within your soul in divine silence and heaven will penetrate your inner most being

Then the ultimate reality will reveal itself to you and you will see God’s essence in all creation

Every moment with Christ is heaven and his light will shine out into the darkness of hell all around you

Beautiful Quotes From Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton was a monk who lived in the 20th century. He spent his monastic life living the gospels, studying eastern religions and doing interfaith dialogue with them. I share a deep connection with him even though I am too young to meet him in real life. ❤️🙏🏻

God is Within You

Many Protestants seek God in the Bible

Many Catholics seek God in good works

Many Orthodox seek God in rituals

Yet the lord said the Kingdom of God is within you

Do not seek God in external things no matter how good they appear

Be still and first seek the Kingdom of God within the depths of your soul

There you will find Christ and his Kingdom of love

Patiently waiting to heal and guide you to heaven in this world and the next

The treasures of the gospels lie within your soul

Hidden beneath layers of fear, greed, hatred and ignorance

God’s Only Desire

God’s only desire

Is to unite with you in pure love

In this divine union

You are liberated from all fear

You are free of your past transgressions

His pure unconditional love purifies our heart and uplifts the soul

God will never abandon you

His Kingdom of love is already within you

Seek him in the depths of your soul and you will find the treasure you have been looking for your entire life

God’s Divine Presence in All Creation

When we follow Christ within our own soul in pure love

We can experience complete unity with him

In this divine union, our small self dies and is awakened to God’s glory

We begin to see and experience Gods love in all creation

This love sets our soul on fire and Christ lives within us fully

We see that all creation is holy and seek not to harm any of God’s creation

May all experience this divine union at least for a moment so they see God’s love in all things

Bring true peace and joy to their inner most being

Christ is Within

Do not seek Christ in the external world

For Christ lives within your soul

Seek him with all your heart in the interior castle of your soul

There you will find Jesus and the treasures of the gospels

Through stillness and contemplative prayer we find God’s presence within

Those who seek God’s love in external things will never find him and will never know him

Those who seek open heartedly in the depths of their soul will find Christ and become one with him in his divine love

“The Kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:21

“But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

“On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”

John 14:20

Emptying Our Heart

The more fear, greed, and hatred that is in your heart

The less room there is for God’s love

We must empty our heart of all worldly attachments

Even ones that seem righteous and good

For God must possess the heart alone

God is beyond all thoughts

God is beyond all words

God is beyond all concepts

God is pure being beyond being

God can only be experienced through love

God can not be grasped by any thoughts or reason

The more we speak of God’s true nature

The more we speak lies

May we be silent to God’s true nature and rest in his love

Shining his light into the world

Seek the Kingdom of God Within

Those who seek God outside of themselves seek wrongly and the further they go the more they drift from Christ.

They cause much confusion, violence, and suffering to the world in God’s name.

Always seek the Kingdom of God within you first and God’s grace, love and wisdom will be granted to you.

Only then can you begin to see God’s love in all things

Filling your heart with true peace and joy

Spiritual Blindness

God’s love is shining within all things

We are just too blind to see it on a continuous basis

May we be touched by God’s love within our own heart

May our spiritual blindness be lifted so we can see God’s glory in all things

Filling our heart with true joy and peace