“Let this be the aim of meditation: to turn one’s innermost being into a vast empty plain, with none of the treacherous undergrowth to impede the view. So that something of ‘God’ can enter you, and something of ‘Love’ too. Not eh kind of love-de-luxe that you revel in deliciously for
half an hour, taking pride in how sublime you fell, but the love you can apply to small, everyday things.”
-Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
Etty lived lived in the Netherlands in the 1940’s, down the street from Anne Frank, and died at the age of 29 in a Nazi concentration camp. She kept a diary of her inner life during those days, which was published after her death.
Thank you for reminding of Etty H. I read her diary during my year volunteering with Samaritan Inns. Twenty years later, I’m sure I would benefit from reading it again.