A New Year

 If one of your goals on your spiritual path is “Divine Union” however you define it, a good start is to become less self-absorbed.  You don’t achieve any union by your efforts.  The self-absorbed person keeps thinking, “how am I doing?” In the spiritual practice this is self-absorption.  Rather more ‘nada” or “mu” if you are of an Eastern meditation practice.  Nothing that you think or imagine, is going to bring about divine union.  It is a given, because union implies an other, who is not you.  This Other bestows union.  It is a gift.  Your meditation practice, letting go of focused thoughts and goals, is an opening for the Other to gift you with this intimacy of union.  It is a bit like falling in love with a partner.  It is a gift seemingly out of the blue.  You did not make it happen.  So just keep up the practice.  Trudge along.