Solus amor Dei

I turn inward and seek rest in Your presence. I sense that I am a part of You, a fragment of something far greater than my imperfect self—something I have not earned and, in my weakness, can never fully understand.

You are glorious and more beautiful than anything in this world You have created—a world that so often tempts us toward sin, ruin, and suffering, even as we strive, in our vulnerability, to remain standing upon the thin edge of reality.

I try to contemplate Your greatness and Your boundless love, but my mind wanders, until You whisper in Your gentle voice: “Do not be restless, rest in My grace. Be still, breathe, observe what arises in your mind, and let it go.”

My mind is full of thoughts without a point of anchoring. Yet I am able, to some extent, to be aware of them as separate from my own essence but I focus on sitting still and gradually sink into Your being, which is filled with eternal joy.

“Let your thoughts come and go; just sit and allow your being to be filled with My pure and radiant love, which has no beginning, no present moment, and no end—everything simply is, without being anywhere.”

I just sit. There is nothing, and nothingness is everything in Your infinite love. My self does not exist; there is only You, who is neither born nor passes away, neither created nor existing in emptiness, for You are all. I just sit in silence, and that is all, that is everything.