The following comes from a blog entry that recounts the story of a Quaker’s mystical experience in the Grand Canyon:
“Possibly the most remarkable mystical experience Walker recounts took place in the remote Havasu canyon at the western end of the Grand Canyon. Walker and two Quaker friends trekked through desolate desert landscape and then six miles down into a narrow canyon. At the bottom, they walked three more miles, past awesome waterfalls, and finally pitched a camp. The three Quakers then sat on nearby rocks to hold a meeting for worship under the stars. Walker describes the thunderous sound of the waterfall, the towering walls of the canyon, the cool air, the rising moon. In the silence of the worship, in gentle “quantum steps,” he became aware of the presence of an awesome force:
‘As my wonderment increased, I felt I was being touched, caressed, warmed with the brush of an essence that was about me, which came from an infinite source of power and strength. I was flooded in light, granting me an awareness that in this setting of explicit beauty, I was surrounded by a facet of the infinite force of the universe, and it was contacting me with comfort, but most of all it was contacting me with an assurance that God was there…’
Another person’s spiritual experiences or insight can never be convincing proof of the reality, presence, and power of God. Everyone must open to their own direct experience. Reading accounts such as Walker’s, however, can encourage us to trust the moments and ways when we ourselves connect with divine Reality, when we find the spot on the dial of our own perception that allows us to tune into the ever-present presence of God.”
Read the full post here: Vistas from Inner Stillness
