Discipline Quote by James Finley

“We give God a name. We then equate God with the name we have given him, and in doing so we make ourselves, in…

— James Finley

“It is little wonder then that the term "religious" is often a pejorative one indicating an escapist, self-righteous, other-worldly or perhaps superstitious stance toward…

— James Finley

“How strange God's ways are! He calls us to a union we do not understand. He calls us to a place of encounter which…

— James Finley

“Compassion forms the essential bond between seeking God in meditation and all forms of social justice. For the more we are transformed in compassion,…

— James Finley

“Compassion is the love that recognizes and goes forth to identify with the preciousness of all that is lost and broken within ourselves and…

— James Finley

The depths of the self are the heights of God.

— James Finley

“We can say that, for Merton, religion refers to our deepest reality which lies hidden in our innate propensity for union with God. Our…

— James Finley

As you expand your meditation practice, in concert with your faith, you will find that these divine moments come more often, until you are…

— James Finley

If we are absolutely grounded in the absolute love of God that protects us from nothing even as it sustains us in all things,…

— James Finley

“Spiritual reading, discursive meditation, and prayer prepare our hearts for contemplation. Contemplation is a state of realized oneness with God. When engaged in contemplation,…

— James Finley

“This disappearance, this annihilation is all a matter of appearances as seen through the eyes of the false self. The annihilation is only apparent,…

— James Finley

“In our zeal to become the landlords of our own being, we cling to each achievement as a kind of verification of our self-proclaimed…

— James Finley