Comments on: Definitions, Categories, and Other Roadblocks on the Way to God http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/definitions-categories-and-other-roadblocks-on-the-way-to-god/ The new Epiphany Girl can't write yet, so it's up to Epiphany's Mama to tell her story Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:55:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: gartenfische http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/definitions-categories-and-other-roadblocks-on-the-way-to-god/#comment-165 gartenfische Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:23:25 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/definitions-categories-and-other-roadblocks-on-the-way-to-god/#comment-165 Ah yes. Books, wonderful books---we have to be willing to let go of them and experience for ourselves. I have often struggled in this way, being a book-lover myself. Ah yes. Books, wonderful books—we have to be willing to let go of them and experience for ourselves. I have often struggled in this way, being a book-lover myself.

]]> By: girlwhocriedepiphany http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/definitions-categories-and-other-roadblocks-on-the-way-to-god/#comment-159 girlwhocriedepiphany Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:45:40 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/definitions-categories-and-other-roadblocks-on-the-way-to-god/#comment-159 Thanks for the encouragement, Carl. Of course, my first response was "when will I have time to read the Summa Theologica?" I am thinking that forgetting about the words will be easier said than done for me... Thanks for the encouragement, Carl. Of course, my first response was “when will I have time to read the Summa Theologica?” I am thinking that forgetting about the words will be easier said than done for me…

]]> By: Carl McColman http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/definitions-categories-and-other-roadblocks-on-the-way-to-god/#comment-158 Carl McColman Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:54:41 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/definitions-categories-and-other-roadblocks-on-the-way-to-god/#comment-158 Good for you! Forget about the words. They'll always be there if you need them... Remember Thomas Aquinas who had a mystical experience on December 6, 1273, after which he said, "Such things have been revealed to me that all that I have written seems to me as so much straw. Now I await the end of my life." This is the man who wrote the <i>Summa Theologica</I>! I think the takeaway for us is to bear in mind that spiritual definitions and categories are meant to serve us, not distract us, from the more essential work of just being and resting in the Divine Presence. Good for you! Forget about the words. They’ll always be there if you need them…

Remember Thomas Aquinas who had a mystical experience on December 6, 1273, after which he said, “Such things have been revealed to me that all that I have written seems to me as so much straw. Now I await the end of my life.” This is the man who wrote the Summa Theologica! I think the takeaway for us is to bear in mind that spiritual definitions and categories are meant to serve us, not distract us, from the more essential work of just being and resting in the Divine Presence.

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