W is for Worship and Prayer

I have always appreciated Quaker Meeting for Worship and as I grew into the silence I began to discover the "inner light" and what that phrase meant for me. It meant a familiar knowingness and companionship.

Then recently I have been to a Christian Anglican church service and talked to the Minister there. It is very high church and not a modern evangelical church.  She is happy for me to go to a church service once per month and hopes that the experience will deepen my communion with God. She herself pratices silence.Having been a Quaker for over twenty five years I suddenly discovered I at last understood the words of the traditional hymns. She talked to me about the Christian tradition of contemplative prayer.

Being interested I bought a book about the subject.  There are, for me some helpful comments in the book.

• That payer is like being in a dark room with someone you love and knowing they are there but not being able to see them.
• That often we talk about climbing a mountain to find God.  Instead the author thinks it is more about descending to a place of humility.  It is in this place that we can effect change in ourselves.
• That we don't have to do anything for God to help us to change. God is always working with us in prayer.

I hope that the new spiritual path I am undertaking will bring about the change I am seeking.

I am very grateful to the F/friends I do have, who reach out to me.

I am now adding to this blog which was written some time ago.

I struggled with my path not finding anyone in Somerset that wqas on my "wavelength",  Not Fiends for instance.  I tried two Quaker Meetings and found predjudice, snobbishness and ignorance.

I hacve also struggled with the emphasis on Christianity, although I delved into trying to conform, I always thought that all religions were lead to God,

I now worship at the Unitarian Church, and occasionally go to drop intio silence to meditate

Here is a utube video about Unitarians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lchmd73orpM