Showing posts with label Teresa of Avila. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teresa of Avila. Show all posts

Friday, October 9, 2015

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.



 John of the Cross (1542 –1591), born Juan de Yepes Álvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest. He was also a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered, along with Saint Teresa of Ávila, as a founder of the Discalced (barefoot) Carmelites.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Who am I / Where did I come from / Where am I going ?



Richard Rose ( 1917 – 2005 ) was an American mystic, esoteric philosopher, author, poet, and investigator of paranormal phenomena. He published a number of books and spoke widely in universities and other venues across the country during the 1970s and 1980s.
He studied human psychology, human weakness and human potential, then wrote challenges to psychology, psychiatry, religion, academia, the legal system, and the New Age movement.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

The supreme aim of life on earth is The Contemplation of the Uncreated Light whereby man is Intimately United with God.



Miguel de Molinos (c. 1628–1697), Spanish divine, the chief apostle of the religious revival known as Quietism. He was born about 1628 near Muniesa (Teruel). He entered the priesthood and settled in Rome about 1670. There he became well known as a director of consciences, being on specially friendly terms with Cardinal Odescalchi, who in 1676 became Pope Innocent XI.