See the God in Everything
Aug 10th, 2010 Posted in Inspirations | no comment »8/10/10 Inspirations
Mystics often teach the subject of “discernment”. Discernment is the gift whereby we are enabled to see right from wrong, even to the point that we say our discernment is so clear that we do what’s good and right because God has put it into our hearts to respond in ways that please Him. There’s a special facet to discernment; mystics call it “receptivity”. Receptivity is the gift whereby we are enabled to recognize God’s presence in every and any situation, moment, and event. Discernment is a tool for dealing with worldly concerns; receptivity allows us to recognize the divinity behind what we experience.
Those whose cause it is to repudiate mysticism must do so principally by making receptivity out to be a bad thing. They will call it delusion because it cannot be proven to anyone else that God has allowed His attributes to be enjoyed by a mere mortal. They will call it dangerous because a weak mind might talk itself into ascribing it’s own will as the will of God, often with disastrous results. They would see extreme vanity in our claiming to be given such a venerable gift, under the mistaken presumption that a mystic must feel worthy of it in order to experience a relationship with God. And most detractors of mysticism would accuse receptivity of being high-minded – the mystic’s presumption to a close friendship with Almighty God being an abomination.
I’ve found that many who proclaim against mysticism are ignorant of what it really is and the real motives behind its practice. But rather than bemoan this misunderstanding, I like to use the generalized scorn of detractors as a reason to be thankful for God’s gift of receptivity. True Devotional Mysticism is rare but greatly feared because it has awesome potential for spreading like wildfire, being a truly logical response to creation. It would seem to exist in some measure in everyone, for who hasn’t looked out at the universe and wondered why it exists at all? The only logical answer is that however life was made and for whatever purpose, if an organism was created that could wonder, it must be an organism that can be told.
Don’t ever fear being receptive to the direct guidance of God through recognizing His work in everything you experience. Even the humblest insight is beneficial, for the individual and for the universe he moves in.





