tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983522362859584344.post3461635476246434341..comments2023-10-04T04:38:37.099-07:00Comments on Bible Surfing: Light and LookingRay Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983522362859584344.post-69175875862253369812008-08-10T18:15:00.000-07:002008-08-10T18:15:00.000-07:00Well, I agree that mystics are not currently on th...Well, I agree that mystics are not currently on the horizen. It's worth pointing out that St. Teresa Avila in her autobiography says you should consult with learned men and not merely pious ones.<BR/>Even mystics must submit to discernment and practice it themselves, so even here I think reason plays a role. Mystics are reacting to an inner light and whether we call that faith or personal revelation or what, it still plays into the <I>light</I> metaphor.<BR/>I'll get to mysticism at some point. Thanks for pointing it out.Ray Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983522362859584344.post-86411924770089595092008-08-10T14:09:00.000-07:002008-08-10T14:09:00.000-07:00Ray,Where do you put the mystic in your expanding ...Ray,<BR/>Where do you put the mystic in your expanding the streetlight metaphor. In your section at the top of the page you talk about the primacy of reason. Where do you put people like St. John of the Cross, Teresa Avila, the Little Flower? Two of them are Doctors of the Church right? Yet rationality is not how they reached truth.rainbowheart82https://www.blogger.com/profile/07917646825184034779noreply@blogger.com