Bede Griffiths Quotes

Bede Griffiths
Bede Griffiths
British Clergyman
Born: Dec 17, 1906
Died: May 13, 1993
God Life Made Me Mother Surrender
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God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything. Bede Griffiths
Life God Me Knowledge Made My Life Own Nothingness Everything Out Easter See Brought My Own Could Had Knees Longer Been Acknowledge Centre Therefore Reborn
I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage. Bede Griffiths
Alone Me Marriage Mother Father Think Having Taking Over Sort Female Revealing Male Itself Gradually
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men. Bede Griffiths
Freedom Obedience Responsibility Men Radical Detachment Self Most Principle Makes Us Root Reason
You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self. Bede Griffiths
You Mother Father Wife Everything Abandon Must One Thing Give Only Self Unconditionally Also Ready Material Up Human Children The One Thing Which Your Thing
The inspiration came suddenly again to surrender to the Mother. It was quite unexpected: And so somehow I made a surrender to the Mother. Then I had an experience of overwhelming love. Waves of love sort of flowed into me. Bede Griffiths
Love Me Surrender Experience Mother Made Overwhelming Waves Somehow Inspiration Had Sort Came Unexpected Quite Again Then Suddenly
I am rediscovering the whole sexual dimension of life at the age of 86, really. And that also means discovering the feminine. So the whole of this dimension, which I had been seeking for a very long time, is now sort of opening itself up to me. Bede Griffiths
Life Time Me Age Long Long Time Dimension Sexual Seeking Had Opening Also Sort Am Feminine Been Discovering Up Itself Very Very Long Time Which Really Means Whole Now

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