Using God for Self

 Brother Anselm Grun

A woman I know had hoped that meditation would free her from her sensitivities... She wanted to use God for herself, to get over her depression by taking the path to God. But she discovered that this was the wrong way and that, like it or not, she would find her way to God by the path of sorrow. 

Heaven Begins Within You

[Meditation can help in learning to relax, in taking a good look at the self and for the advanced meditator, the pursuit and possible achievement of what are thought of as 'higher states' of awareness. But the Absolute, Ultimate Truth, is beyond all experience, even what may seem to be holy experiences. Meditation is not useful for ‘realizing’ God. The Holy Spirit can make of anything a method, even an empty, thought-less moment of silence. Too many of us fall deeply into the practice of meditation and seek the states and experiences it promises and even sometimes provides. We forget the final Goal. The perfection of the practice itself becomes all. But when God reveals Itself to anyone, all techniques and methods fall away and a shout of Almighty Joy goes up within! The nearness of God is revealed - the work is over – God will do the rest. Put down your tools.]