Examination of the Heart

Filianic Sutras: The Temple of the Heart

Verse 1

Know your own heart and make examination thereof: for if you know not your own heart, there can be no true knowledge of anything.

We are all familiar with the maxim – An unexamined life is not worth living. We are called to have the simple faith of children but we are also called to be responsible in ourselves through self knowledge. When a small child acts out of frustration and we ask them why, their answer is almost invariably "I don't know." This is because they do not know their own heart and/or have the language to express what is therein.

We must carefully study our own hearts and acquire deep knowledge of ourselves. Through this process, we may come to know something of our spirit and that which transcends our humanity. Most of all, we may answer the question of whey we acted in the fashion we have when we find ourselves at the feet of our Teacher and She is giving us our lessons in Thamë. 

Because through deep self knowledge we find ourselves pulled along the thamelic path of our current incarnation and we draw closer to Our Lady.

Dea bless.