We teach meditation from a Christian mystical tradition, and the mystical dimension is inherent in the gospel. It’s not something that developed later or something that we added on, but it’s essential to it. If we fail to see this mystical, contemplative paradox and understand that the kingdom is within us, as well as among us, then we fail to understand the gospel. This is why the question of enlightenment is a liberating one for us to explore. Today when we use the word enlightenment, were thinking of Oriental spiritual traditions, Zen or Buddhism particularly, and the modern sense or the Western sense anyway of Buddhism is that Buddhism is a scientific, objective method for achieving enlightenment. Enlightenment as a term and as a concept is present, of course, within Christian mystical language as well.
Mystical paradox
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