Becoming the modern day mystic

What was the medieval mystic but the person who believed that God could talk to her heart and soul? And we should believe the same...that God can talk to our heart and soul...and we can learn to discern that nudge of the spirit of God from those of our fanciful imagination or of other's influence over us. We can, if we but give it a chance.

Many of us are not encouraged to believe in that small voice within that prompts us in quiet ways. We are encouraged instead to seek outside guidance, to follow the common rule, or to submit to outside sources. Such outside seeking robs us of our inner strengths, lights, and power.  It makes us believe that God does not speak to individuals, but only to heads of churches or people in power. And that is a tragedy.

You have the spirit of God within you. You just need to put yourself in touch with that spirit. Learning to be conscious to the promptings that come from within is not a fool proof process. It is one done only through trial and error, humbly acknowledging when we have not chosen wisely, and when we have.

Let us be in touch with the Divinity sheltered within our own soul. Let us let that Divinity guide us rather than those outside of our hearts. Let us be the true mystics of our time.