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Hi everyone I’m Steve from Leeds in the UK.
A late learner, my spiritual journey began in earnest in 2006 via AA’s 12-step programme of recovery. In the last few years my appetite for deepening the principles of Christian mysticism into my everyday life has surged and Carl’s ‘Big Book of Christian Mysticism’ played a big role in that.
I only heard of the book we’re studying as recently as last week so I’m keen to find out more and to take it slowly. I’ve struggled with some of the other source mystical texts (Eckhart, John of the Cross) and although this book was written quite recently it’s time I got stuck into the original material rather than read other people’s interpretationms of them, useful as that always is.
I’m not a Christian or a church-goer (yet!) but feel a very real presence of God at work in my life and it’s that relationship I’m looking to enlarge as we go through the next few months together. I also have a well established centering prayer practice which continues to deliver positive changes to my life I could never have dared imagine.
Steve, thanks for being part of this circle of explorers!
While MOTT is clearly written from a Christian perspective, my hope is that we can create a circle of inquiry and reflection that is centered on contemplation rather than any particular creed or doctrine.
12-step spirituality is one of the great gifts of our age.
I think it is appropriate to place MOTT alongside the works of “classic” mystics like Meister Eckhart or John of the Cross. What all three have in common: they’re challenging to read, but ultimately very rewarding!
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