In the quest for technological answers in the West: the quickest, the fastest, the most… it seems that we have lost something along the way and many of us ache for that elusive something more. We yearn for connection with that something which is deeper, wider, more ancient than ourselves. Yet the question is how to find it.
It may come as no surprise that as a Christian community we hold the faith that this something more has to do with God. However, the distance between knowing this at a level of intellectual conviction and experiencing this at a deeper level of being can be quite enormous.
Richard Rohr, a contemplative priest with a heart for justice, writes about this difficult distance and offers awakening insight. Rohr states:
“We cannot attain the presence of God because we’re already totally in the presence of God. What’s absent is awareness. Little do we realise that God is maintaining us in existence with every breath we take. As we take another it means that God is choosing us now and now and now. We have nothing to attain or even learn. We do, however, need to unlearn some things.” Richard Rohr Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer, p. 29.
In this quest for something more I think we all need to unlearn some things about the nature of God, ourselves and reality.Across the Highlands Cluster Uniting Church through a variety of ways we are seeking to create space to seriously engage with this unlearning together in:Meditation at BlackwoodContemplation at DaylesfordCluster Faith Exploration GroupsCluster Prayer Exploration Group Regular Sunday Worship across the ClusterIf you would like to find out more about getting involved in any of these things please call the Highlands Cluster Uniting Church Office tel: 5348 2119.Blessings on your quest for the authentic,Rev. Sally Douglas
