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Living in the Divine Milieu / Pierre Teilhard De Chardin



    "Teilhard(Pierre Teilhard De Chardin) wrote the book,
    "The Divine Milieu" in 1927 and dedicated it
    "For those who love the world."

    It troubled him immensely that while science has revealed
    the immensity and unity of the world all around us,
    the implications of our tremendously changed worldview
    have not been incorporated into theology and religious practice.
    He wrote this book to teach how to see God everywhere,
    to see him in all that is most hidden, most solid, and most
    ultimate in the world.

    The book tries to capture the meaning of
    two different experiences.
    On the one hand it refers to an entire environment, like the atmosphere which surrounds us and the air we breathe.
    On the other hand it also means at the same time
    a central point, a center where all realities come together,
    meet and converge.
    The divine presence in the world is this mysterious "milieu"
    radiating throughout all levels of the universe,
    through matter, life, and human experience.
    We are immersed in this milieu, we are bathed in it.
    It can invade our whole being and transform us,
    if we but let it.
    Teilhard called it also a mystical milieu,
    a divine ocean in which
    our soul may be swept away and divinized.
    All realities, all experiences, all our activities,
    all our joys and suffering,
    have this potential for divinization,
    for being set on fire through
    the outpouring of divine love.

    Teilhard's ardent spirituality was nourished
    by his Christian faith,
    but also deeply embeded in a unifying worldview,
    a unique synthesis which brought together
    elements of science, philosophy, religion, and
    spirituality. .... His search for overall oneness,
    for the unification of
    all things, made him see the unity of matter and spirit.
    Thus the universal stream of becoming,
    which is evolution, was understood
    as a process of progressive spiritualization through
    increasing union."

    ---- from the book, "Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, with an introduction
    by Ursula King, Modern Spiritual Masters Series" Orbis Books, 2012

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