The Wellsprings Series #7 - The Heart

Imagine you walk into a church. The candles on the altar are the only source of light. You rest your eyes upon the host at the altar that stands out clear and white against the darkness. The host is like a magnet, for it draws your eyes and being toward itself as to the center. Most of our life, we focus on the outer surface, but here you gaze into the very heart of things, the center of your being and the world. As you keep looking, a silence falls upon you.

Transcript

What is about to follow is a guided process conducted by Anthony DeMello.

Please do not listen to this while operating a motor vehicle or any kind of equipment.

From time to time you will hear a chime.

The purpose of that chime is to invite you to put the recording on pause while you either complete an exercise or reflect on something that Anthony DeMello has said.

This exercise called the heart is a good example of what fantasy can do when used effectively.

Imagine that you walk into a church at night for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

The candles on the altar are the only source of light in that church.

You rest your eyes on the host that stands out clear and white against the darkness.

The host acts like a magnet for it draws your eyes and your being towards itself as to the center.

Most of your life you focus on the outer surface of things.

But here you are gazing into the very heart of every being,

The very center of the world.

As you keep looking at the host,

A silence falls upon you.

All thinking quietens down and fades away.

The silence of that host seems to seep into your body and from there it spreads throughout the church.

So everything inside of you and around becomes still and peaceful and quiet.

Then as you continue to look,

The host begins to send out rays of light that enter you.

And you are grateful for you know that they will flood your mind and your unconscious,

Cleansing you from everything that is self-centered and perverse and grasping and afraid.

And while the darkness of the church is undisturbed,

The darkness in your heart is put to flight and all of you is made transparent.

The rays now bring with them a holy energy that soaks into your body and fortifies your spirit to face up to the challenges of life.

And with this energy,

A fire spreads all over you to purify your heart of all bitterness,

Anger,

Hatred,

Resentment,

And to give you the power to love.

So you avidly expose your heart to this life-producing sun that shines out at the center of that dark and silent church.

You you you

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