XVI: Deity Meditation and the Life of the Spirit

Until we become the light, we are standing somewhere relative to it, and shadows are part of the deal. Moses had to hide in the crag of a rock while God's brilliance passed by. That gave the light direction, and it implied that much of what viewing God's glory does is "make shadow visible." We students of Rabbouni have borne the heat of the day. We've watched shadows move with the sun as our selves die. We've shaken hands with the noonday demon and, next to Christ, have breathed our last. It is enough for students to become like the teacher. ...

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XV: Recapitulating the Ego in Christian Tantra

We Christian Tantrikas, as students of Rabbouni and disciples of the logos, are not asked to learn from miracles, but from normalcy. We don't have the fortitude to be Red Martyrs, whose blood is the seed of the Church. We don't have the temperance to be White Martyrs, as the ancient renunciants were who gave all they had and took the monastic habit. At our best, I suppose we could call ourselves "grey martyrs," but perhaps it's best to just be quiet. ...

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