• God's Light

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God's Light

Shining and ratiating – light and shadow – touch and growth 

On this page I approach the divine mystery through the image of light.
To me, this mystery is not distant, but tangibly close – woven into my daily life..

I would like to connect four themes like rays of light::

As a gentle addition, part of Charlie Chaplin’s speech on his 70th birthday is quoted – a beautiful example of how light may shine forth in a face, in a human being.

I invite you to discover how your own light can shine.

The divine light within me

You within me and I within you This is how people experience the divine mystery: it is within me, it can shine within me, God is within me, and I am a part of God. God is not distant, but close, within me, within every person. And one of my tasks in this life is always to strengthen this divine light, to make it shine.

On the one hand, the New Testament says:
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Meditation:

If you would like to meditate on this, light a candle and find your meditation posture. Imagine that divine light flows around you and through you. Imagine that this divine light is within you. You are part of the divine light. That you have this light within you. And that this light shines.

As you visualize this, follow your breath. If your mind wanders, return to your breath. Return to the image of the light within you.

End the meditation after about 10 minutes.

Through meditation you become aware of your light and it can shine more clearly.

LIGHT and SHADOW

Every person is born with light in their heart. I see it in children who shine, as if they are aware of the treasure they carry within them.
Then children encounter the world—some mostly sheltered and protected, others face change, some even violence, some so harsh that they cannot remain in life. All are shaped by the outside world, by experiences, by life; they grow, thrive, learn to lie, struggle, feel disappointment, suffer heartbreak They adapt or revolt, as children or as adults. Everyone passes on what they have lived, whether healing or destructive. All bear wounds, some grow bitter. And some knew: “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” –(Leonard Cohen, ) . Every person holds LIGHT and shadow.

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For me, one way to let my light shine is to let others find their own… we do this, among other things. Events, or design this page.

Where is your light shining (again)? How can you nuture your own light?

As I began to love myself…

(Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday)

As I began to love myself,
I understood that at any circumstance,
I am in the right place at the right time,
and everything happens at the exactly right moment.
So I could be calm.
Today I call it SELF-CONFIDENCE.

As I began to love myself,
I found that anguish and emotional suffering
are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today I know, this is AUTHENTICITY.

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As a child of God, am I always small and needy?

Some people have the image that those who believe in God are dependent on him—small, sinful, and reliant on grace. God is great, unapproachable, often even punishing and angry.
This image of God terrifies me. Because I cannot and will not believe in an angry, punishing God.

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A light is there to shine. As children of God, we are not merely small or dependent. We bear responsibility, are allowed to shine, act, and love—in connection with the divine light.
This is my task:
To let the divine light within me shine.

When I encounter God's light...

“God’s Touches”

Psychologist Abraham Maslow called it a “peak experience”: an encounter that transcends the self, is spiritual, meaningful, and deeply moving. In such mystical moments, a new horizon seems to open. Thoughts become clearer than in everyday life. Often, they carry a profound sense of peace or purpose, a feeling of connection with all things, or the experience of boundless love.

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But above all, this decision helps me most:
This experience is allowed. I am allowed to grow. My light—God's light within me—may shine.

And I invite everyone:
Don’t suppress your own experiences.
Take them seriously.
You can and will grow with it.

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