As we trod this road, let us always remember that it may or may not be the right road for us at a time; a way to tell us noticing our joy and our sorrow. Let us be evermore aware of our condition, our responses, our longings for God.

Maybe this isn't the perfect volume, but being offered in a sincere and humble (and holy!) spirit, hopefully it can be an aide to those who seek God in the quietude of contemplation.

Contemplation is, at root, a vehicle for grace, for God to bestow upon us his goodness and to reveal himself as we wait upon him and direct those darts of love. We receive grace in different ways at different times, Scripture can reveal these to us.

Using the Ark of the Covenant, and Moses, Aaron, and Bezalel as a template, our author expounds on the ways we might experience God differently within the practice of contemplation. Contains 2 chapters.

The way to sense God is so different from our bodily senses, and yet, especially in this modern world (of technology) our bodily senses can sometimes best help us to hone our spiritual sense.

This mental/spiritual state of nothingness can seem like a desert, but it can also provide the sparkle of God's grace.

Continuing to plumb the depths of our mind-state in contemplation, we're urged to seek "nowhere" and "nothingness." This allows our spiritual home to be where ever we are, and it is assuredly where God is!

Our author outlines levels of attention, material, spiritual, and God alone. We learn how our attention might look in contemplating God alone.

In addition to the warping that sin can cause in our reason and will, in a post-fall world, we struggle to manage our imaginations and our senses. Flights of fancy quickly pull us from our stated direction and desire.

Sin has its effect on our bodies and our minds. We struggle to keep our focus and even to choose the good we want.