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ASPIRATIONA symbol of the expression or reflection of the Divine life on the lower planes of the soul. It is the yearning within the lower nature for communion and union with the higher. It implies dissatisfaction and discontent with present states and conditions, and means the setting up of ideals of what is better and worthier. Aspiration must of necessity by the Divine law meet with response from above and the bestowal of higher qualities and faculties on the mind which turns from the world to God. "We are united to God, when, in the practice of the virtues, we deny and forsake ourselves, loving and following God above all creatures. We cannot compel God by our love to love us, but He cannot sanctify us unless we freely contribute our effort. There is a reciprocal desire on our part and that of God. The free inspiration of God is the spring of all our spiritual life. Thence flows into us knowledge-an inner revelation which preserves our spirit open, and lifting us above all images and all disturbance, brings us to an inward silence. God dwells in the heart pure and free from every image" (Ruysbroek).—R. A. VAUGHAN, Hours with Mystics, Vol. I. p. 328. “Our experiences in this world now and then lay bare unexpected spiritual sublimities, sweet and awful wonders of heart and soul, which forbid us to believe that that from which we have come forth is less than the highest the mind can conceive. Doubtless it is infinitely higher. My faith in God rests on the fact that the spirit that indwells all things makes response to mine when it calls, and that that response is always forthcoming, however high we pitch the note of our appeal. There is something at the heart of things that is more than equal to every venture of the soul."-R. J. CAMPBELL, Serm., Man's Case against God. |
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