This is the greatest and the first commandment” (Mark 12:30). Jesus said, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. He was obsessed by one thought: the necessity of loving God and surrendering ourselves to him completely.” This is nothing new. In his introduction to Caussade’s book, John Beevers writes, “Caussade was a very simple man. It is a small but powerful book with a profoundly simple message: “Embrace the present moment as an ever-flowing source of holiness.” Caussade coined the term “the sacrament of the present moment.” His book Abandonment to Divine Providence was the most recommended book by spiritual directors for many decades. Jean-Pierre De Caussade (1675-1751), a French Jesuit, was surely the Eckhart Tolle (author of The Power of Now) of the 18 th century. Your own ego will end up being the decider and chooser moment by moment. Otherwise, you will tend to float around with no accountability system for what you too easily “believe” in your head. Find your community and be faithful to it. Jean-Pierre De Caussade Sunday, August 2, 2015Īs we continue looking at the mystics and non-dual thinkers in my own lineage, I encourage you to do what James Finley, Thich Nhat Hanh, and others say: Find your practice and practice it.

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