THE JOURNEY IS BOTH DESTINATION AND WAY
see It's a Sacramental Universe
All you need is love and humilty
see my meditations and prayer along the way, especially gratitudes
Jesus explains how he embodies a way of being in this world [that is] so close to the heart of God that God can be known in and through Jesus. Two spiritual journeys—the interior one toward knowing our true self and knowing God, and the one directed outward into the world to enact God’s justice and love. These two movements comprise the way of Jesus. This quest is a mapless journey—there is no single road—the only guides to it are nature, saints, poetry, song, and Spirit. It is a journey without destination. There is no map. Your soul will lead you.(Rohr)
My journey is really my ways or my paths. I stay on the ways/paths via the following practices:
- journaling of my learning and understanding with this website
- spirit moving music, especially where I interpret lyrics spiritually
- reading books, web, emails of religion and spiritually
- attending educational classes and seminars
- prayers, reflections, and meditations
- Christain rituals like going to church, baptism, weddings, funerals
- realizing my need for more/better people connections
- realizing my shadows and vices
If you do not encounter radical grace, being loved in your unworthiness, the spiritual journey will not continue. See Grace (Rohr)
Authority ultimately rests on the individual, who must live and embody the teachings in their own fully realized way. (p17, Zen end the Gospel of Thomas) See Gospel of Thomas logion 12
Jesus does not save us; becoming like Jesus saves us. Jesus is our spiritual guide to this end.
Writer Joyce Rupp offers different metaphors for discovering the True Self, a journey that requires opening a door from within.
The journey of discovery has the power to change not only individual lives, but can transform our entire world.
That is why the journey to our true identity is a journey along the way to contemplation. (p55, Merton's Paradise Journey)
There is nothing that is not spiritual for those who have learned how to see.(Rohr)
See Suffering is how we get to Love
See Nonduality incorporates the negative
See a Sacramental Reality thru suffering and the Catholic Sacraments
See Presence via Grace and Practice
Journey Definition and Purpose
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
I hear your voice
It's like an angel sighin'
I have no choice
I hear your voice
Feels like flying
I close my eyes
Oh God I think I'm fallin'
Out of the sky
I close my eyes
Heaven help me
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
Like a child
You whisper softly to me
You're in control
Just like a child
Now I'm dancing
It's like a dream
No end and no beginning
You're here with me
It's like a dream
Let the choir sing
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel a power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Just like a prayer (oh-oh), your voice can take me there (oh-oh)
Just like a muse to me (oh-oh), you are a mystery (oh-oh)
Just like a dream (oh-oh), you are not what you seem
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there
In Christianity the way/path/journey/practice is about transformation - dying to old way of being and born into a new way of being both individually and the world. (p198, Days of Awe and Wonder)
Journey is an act of traveling from one place to another. (Dictionary)
A spiritual journey is a process of reconciliation and education through enlightenment. It is as unique and individual as each individual is unique. (Google)
The purpose of a spiritual journey is rarely to find an answer; rather, it is a process of continually asking questions. (Google)
Life is indeed a journey, a journey of transformation much more than mere education about anything.6,p16
The movement beyond oneself as the reference point is the only real foundation for any spiritual journey.7,p43
When the self is transformed, it is a journey into powerlessness, the mystery of the cross. The cross is finally about how to stand against hate without becoming hate ourselves.6,p43
If, when the wounding happens, we find the grace and the freedom to somehow see that it’s not just a wound, but a sacred wound, then the journey progresses. (Rohr,9/14/20)
Ecstasies are essential; they are seeds, glimpses of that fullness to which we are called. However, they are not the Journey itself, not transformation, not mystical union, not enlightenment. They set us on the road—perhaps they are even glimpses of the destination—but we have not yet arrived until the seeker is transformed into that which she seeks. (Rohr,6/11/21)
“How you get there is where you will arrive.” In the whole scheme of things, it seems that how one gets there is the important part. When it’s done with God at the center, it will lead to arriving exactly where we need to be.
Finding the way to where our true heart lies is the great journey of spiritual life.12,p34