Preparing for the Miraculous

92 eleven talksIt is good for those who follow in his footprints to rememberthat they continue the arduous pilgrimage of somany predecessors, all of them belonging to the Fellowshipof the Aspiration:• the sadhu conquering himself on the dusty or muddyroads of the world;• the gnostic in his quest for the knowledge of hissoul and its redemption;• the hermetist pondering the teachings of his secretdivinity;• the spiritual alchemist experimenting in his laboratoryto realize his own transformation;• the Zen-monk battering his mind against the glasswalls of insanity while trying to become truly sane, enlightened;• the nun and monk kneeling in their solitary cell tilltheir prayer is answered by a touch of God;• and so many others, whenever and wherever, whowere or are carried by the aspiration that animates ourlives.