Gateway to Silence: “My way is all confidence and love.” -St. “All will be well if we abandon ourselves to God.” “Perfection is neither more nor less than the soul’s faithful co-operation with God.” “Our only satisfaction must be to live in the present moment as if there were nothing to expect beyond it.” “Let us love, for love will give us everything.” “The truly faithful soul accepts all things as a manifestation of God’s grace, ignores itself and thinks only of what God is doing.” They want God as he is we want God as we imagine him to be.” Ībandonment to Divine Providence is packed with non-dual, mystical wisdom. They seek reality we too often are satisfied with the ephemeral. True mystics are always much more practical than the ordinary run of people.
There is nothing we can do about either, but we can deal with what is happening moment by moment.” To live in the present is finally what we mean by presence itself!īeevers writes, “Caussade combines intense practicality with profound mysticism-as did St. The past is past, the future is yet to be. Albert the Great (1193-1290) said, “Commit every particle of your being in all things, down to the smallest details of your life, eagerly and with perfect trust to the unfailing and most sure providence of God.” Ĭaussade’s key theme is: “If we have abandoned ourselves to God, there is only one rule for us: the duty of the present moment.” Beevers explains that Caussade is insisting “over and over again, that we must live from minute to minute. This is the greatest and the first commandment” (Mark 12:30). Jesus said, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. He was obsessed by one thought: the necessity of loving God and surrendering ourselves to him completely.” This is nothing new.
In his introduction to Caussade’s book, John Beevers writes, “Caussade was a very simple man. It is a small but powerful book with a profoundly simple message: “Embrace the present moment as an ever-flowing source of holiness.” Caussade coined the term “the sacrament of the present moment.” His book Abandonment to Divine Providence was the most recommended book by spiritual directors for many decades. Jean-Pierre De Caussade (1675-1751), a French Jesuit, was surely the Eckhart Tolle (author of The Power of Now) of the 18 th century. Your own ego will end up being the decider and chooser moment by moment. Otherwise, you will tend to float around with no accountability system for what you too easily “believe” in your head. Find your community and be faithful to it. Jean-Pierre De Caussade Sunday, August 2, 2015Īs we continue looking at the mystics and non-dual thinkers in my own lineage, I encourage you to do what James Finley, Thich Nhat Hanh, and others say: Find your practice and practice it.
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