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Lighting my Candle

"The soul of man is the candle of God" (Proverbs 20:27) This is a perfect metaphor of the relationship to God. We, humans, work to prepare the candle. We do our best to create a good candle to offer to God, so that he may, at the proper time, lite it. While waiting for this to happen we should  pray/ask for His Intervention and continuously work on ourselves in order to keep improving. It doesn't matter how good we are: it's not a granted result that God will lite our candle. The right time it's all up to Him! I summarised the process: 1. Building the Candle (Your Part) ​You cannot light a flame without a physical vessel. "Building the candle" means doing the practical, human work to be and become the best of you. The Wax: represents your character traits—even the "messy" ones. ​The Wick: represents your will and your daily efforts. ​The Placement: means putting yourself in the right environment to be "lit." 2. The Waiting...
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My slow time

 


Learning to welcome the slow time, where everything is smooth, slow, silent…

It doesn’t come on its own. I have to impose it: stay here, quiet, do not move, just be, … at peace.

Although I have been a deep meditator, being in the slow time is really different. Meditation, in spite of the exterior and interior immobility, is an active action. Being quiet, with yourself while doing nothing, is extremely passive. And extremely healthy.

Now my time is my time and my space is only mine! I still have to get used to it!

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