Long years ago the words came to me, spoken deep inside: "Sit in the seat at the center of your soul." I have followed that practice with good result. Now this pre-dawn morning I read:
"Self-knowledge reveals to the soul that its natural motion is not, if uninterrupted, in a straight line, but circular, as around some inner object, about a center, the point to which it owes its origin. If the soul knows this, it will move around this center from which it came, will cling to it and commune with it as indeed all souls should but only divine souls do. That is the secret of their divinity, for divinity consists in being attached to the center. One who withdraws far from it becomes an ordinary man or an animal." -- Plotinus (The Essential Plotinus, tr. Elmer O'Brien)
I know this is true for me.
"Self-knowledge reveals to the soul that its natural motion is not, if uninterrupted, in a straight line, but circular, as around some inner object, about a center, the point to which it owes its origin. If the soul knows this, it will move around this center from which it came, will cling to it and commune with it as indeed all souls should but only divine souls do. That is the secret of their divinity, for divinity consists in being attached to the center. One who withdraws far from it becomes an ordinary man or an animal." -- Plotinus (The Essential Plotinus, tr. Elmer O'Brien)
I know this is true for me.
This is a true being at home with what is; our beingness; keeping "in touch";"en-lightened" resting in the center or heart of things; at that intersection of matter / spirit; yet not attached to matter; but what truely is and always will be.GRATITUDES, SOUL BROTHER
ReplyDeleteThis rings true for me as well, my friend. Very good words this very good morning.
ReplyDeleteA planet's orbit around a center is maintained by its motion. When this motion ceases, the planet will fall into that center. Sitting, meditation, praying, etc., helps us to cease our motion, allowing us to fall into our divine center.
ReplyDelete--Gary