Who Am I?

The Four Mystical Questions, #1

Who am I?

Many might assume that the contemplative life must begin with God. But I have placed the question “Who is God?” subsequent to the question “Who am I?” This isn’t meant to suggest that God is less important than the self — only that until we have a grounded sense of our own self, we probably are not going to have a stable sense of God either.

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