Daily Meditation: Friday, June 24, 2005

Divine love - is a fire which renders us like itself

06/24/2005

Every thing and every being becomes identical to that which eats it. This is a law. Fire in particular demonstrates the truth of this idea. When a tree is prey to flames, it can be said that the fire eats the tree. In eating the tree, fire transforms it, rendering the tree similar to itself. Because fire eats the tree, the tree becomes fire. The same thing takes place in our inner life: when we offer our entire being to the divine fire of love, it comes to take possession of us and devours us, rendering us like itself. Inwardly we possess enough material to feed the divine fire for eternity. By watching the fire burn, by attempting to understand how the flames work on the tree and transform it into light and heat, we ourselves become trees of light.