Self-knowledge leads to knowledge of God

If we accept this understanding of God that we see in the story of the Prodigal Son, that God is not resentful, not even judgemental, but is just pure, undiluted, crazy love – I mean this is passionate love that is not sort of controlling itself – so if this is our image of God, this is how we can be open to God. Medita-tion then is about finding this God within ourselves. Now what do we mean by within ourselves, it means with our-selves – in a relationship with ourselves that we cannot separate. And therefore in the Christian contemplative tradition in particular, it says to know your self is to know God. Self-knowledge leads to knowledge of God. 

Grace at Work by Laurence Freeman OSB