Reflection for September 3, 2014

We have to go beyond all these historical structures and recover the original Myth of Christianity, the living truth which was revealed in the New Testament.  But it cannot be done by the Western mind alone. We have to open ourselves to the revelation of the divine mystery, which took place in Asia, in Hinduism and Buddhism, in Taoism, Confucianism and Shintoism.  Nor can we neglect the intuitive wisdom of more primitive people, the Australian Aborigines, the Polynesian Islanders, the African Bushmen, the American Indians, the Eskimos.  All over the world the supreme Spirit has left signs of his presence.  The Christian mystery is the mystery of God’s presence in Man, and we cannot neglect any sign of that presence.     – Bede Griffiths