The supreme unifier

The whole purpose of meditation is to open the single eye by bringing the mind, and the experience it works on, into the heart: to become one. The way is the simple way of commitment. We commit ourselves to something as simple as the mantra which is the supreme unifier, the single path, the great harmoniser. To commit ourselves to the mantra means to commit ourselves to a vision of life as a single reality experienced, known and loved as a journey into God. To commit ourselves to the mantra means to commit ourselves to the discipline of faith and to love that discipline selflessly. To commit ourselves to the mantra within the priceless gift of faith we have received, will lead to a more enlightened seeing of Jesus and a more complete union with him.

The Selfless Self by Laurence Freeman OSB