From speechlessness to presence

Author:Madden, KW

Article Title:From speechlessness to presence

Abstract:
Spiritual direction, or the directed art of inner conversation, emerges from a psychological inflection in which we learn that radical inner otherness is the fuel of spirit. Spirit, manifesting between self and other incarnates through and in the subject, as well as through the other encountered as authentic subject. One individuates, then, by relating to the Self as a desiring subject. Moving in the direction of spirit, we push back dimension by dimension to get to one dimension. Eventually, we may encounter a numinous silence, an emptiness that is full.

Keywords:  inner conversation; imagination; desire; contemplation; numinous silence; presence

DOI: 10.1023/A:1012598609827

Source:JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH

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