Caroline Myss
Contemplates True Powerfulness
'‘I have always been attracted to the
spiritual monastic path, which is why I now have such an interest
in mystics without monasteries, because this is the next step,’ explains
Caroline Myss. ‘That’s why I adore being Catholic.
When I was growing up as a Catholic we were bilingual in English
and angels. Miracles could happen every day. The invisible power
of angels and saints was everywhere. This book has brought me
full circle, because while I don’t have a high regard for
church politics, or the politics of any religion, the mysticism
of the Christos as embraced within the Catholic faith is so magnificent.’
In her new book Invisible Acts Of Power Caroline explores the
concept of grace. During the course of writing the book, Caroline
experienced the true power of grace for herself. Having asked
her readers and subscribers to her website to tell her of their
own life-changing experiences, she was overwhelmed by the response. ‘I
used to be torn between being out in the world, and the desire
for retreat, but nothing is the same after reading the 1,200
letters I received. These were letter after letter of the profound
transformations that had taken place in people’s lives.
I sat and read these letters of the miraculous and of kindness,
one after the other, for ten days. You can’t remain the
same after that. Then you realise, these letters carry an element
that is alive. I decided this had to be the book.’
Caroline stresses it is this grace that lights our spiritual
path. ‘We have become sophisticated, but this is not the
same thing as being powerful. Every person will go through the
stage where they will think power is about owning things, being
recognised. Most will live and die with this illusion, caught
in the endless cycle of getting and having. The greater journey
is that a person should suffer, so they start to understand there’s
something wrong with their calculations. Then as people let go
of their visible forms of power, they themselves become an act
of power. This is the highest calling - walking through life
with grace, and invisibility is the key.’
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