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Personal advices and queries
Summary: A short collection of personal advices and queries to sit alongside the corporate Quaker (Britain Yearly Meeting) advices and queries. I use these as doorways into contemplation and as things to reflect on in quiet time. Most of these personal advices were given/revealed to me (one by one, over a period of years) in a similar way that people receive words to be spoken aloud as vocal ministry in a Quaker Meeting for Worship.
A personal Rule of Life
Summary: This is an example of a personal Rule of Life. If you are drawn to formulate your own Rule of Life, I encourage you to allow yourself several weeks to reflect deeply on what is your primary purpose in adopting a Rule. Seek help from the Holy Spirit/your Inner Guide. Notice what practices have helped you to stay aligned with that purpose. Which of those practices are you ready to commit to doing regularly, every day or week, regardless if your inner weather be rain or shine? Be kind with yourself and others and be prepared to refine the Rule in the light of experience.
A reflection on forgiveness
Summary: When I have an unkind thought about someone, or when I am tempted to judge them, let me say in my mind, ‘I am in God and God is in me. Love is my essence, my truth and my being.’ Then, let me say, as I think of the other person, ‘You are in God and God is in you. Love is your essence, your truth and your being.’...
True Self or false self
Summary: God’s will for us is abiding, limitless, peace (see John 14:27). That which is limitless cannot be known fully by that which is limited. That which is timeless cannot be retained forever by that which passes away. The separate self that we believe we are is by definition limited in space and time. Therefore, as long as we hold on to the belief that we are a separate individual, any peace we experience will be temporary; tentative and under constant threat...
Personal advices and queries
Summary: A short collection of personal advices and queries to sit alongside the corporate Quaker (Britain Yearly Meeting) advices and queries. I use these as doorways into contemplation and as things to reflect on in quiet time. Most of these personal advices were given/revealed to me (one by one, over a period of years) in a similar way that people receive words to be spoken aloud as vocal ministry in a Quaker Meeting for Worship.
A personal Rule of Life
Summary: This is an example of a personal Rule of Life. If you are drawn to formulate your own Rule of Life, I encourage you to allow yourself several weeks to reflect deeply on what is your primary purpose in adopting a Rule. Seek help from the Holy Spirit/your Inner Guide. Notice what practices have helped you to stay aligned with that purpose. Which of those practices are you ready to commit to doing regularly, every day or week, regardless if your inner weather be rain or shine? Be kind with yourself and others and be prepared to refine the Rule in the light of experience.
A reflection on forgiveness
Summary: When I have an unkind thought about someone, or when I am tempted to judge them, let me say in my mind, ‘I am in God and God is in me. Love is my essence, my truth and my being.’ Then, let me say, as I think of the other person, ‘You are in God and God is in you. Love is your essence, your truth and your being.’...
True Self or false self
Summary: God’s will for us is abiding, limitless, peace (see John 14:27). That which is limitless cannot be known fully by that which is limited. That which is timeless cannot be retained forever by that which passes away. The separate self that we believe we are is by definition limited in space and time. Therefore, as long as we hold on to the belief that we are a separate individual, any peace we experience will be temporary; tentative and under constant threat...
