(September 1, 2014 at 5:26 am)Michael Wrote: I wonder what it is people are looking for and expect to find? I come from the quiet end of Christianity, being a lay monastic. I can't say I hear any voices. I have no visions. I do have a strong, though imprecise, sense of the numinous, but nothing specific beyond that. What I do find in silence is a deep sense of peace and calm, as if I am residing in that liminal place, that thin place, between the mundane and the divine. I trust that in our conscience, whether we be atheist or theist, we find the voice of God speaking to us, calling us to do what is right and avoid what is evil. A 'blight' of modern life might be that lives are so full of noise and distraction that they may only frequently stop to listen to the quiet still voice of God in their conscience. I trust it is there today, for all.
Are you saying that our morals are a god's voice?
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
