LAW OF THREE (76)
THE POINT AT THE CENTRE OF OUR BEING.
“At the centre of our being there is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth... it is like a pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of heaven. It is in everybody, and if we could see it we would see these billions of points of light coming together in the face and blaze of a sun that would make all the darkness and cruelty of life vanish completely ... ” Thomas Merton
A point has no dimensions; it contains all dimensions. Between heaven and earth there is the point that interferes neither with heaven nor with earth, but relates and reconciles them both.
The point is the place where all the forces of creation centre; it is the place where the creative power of the Word resides; vibrating, expanding, generating in all directions, yet remaining still. It is "... the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless. Neither from nor towards, at the still point there the dance is" T.S. Elliot
The Centre is not a fixed place: the centre is everywhere. It is the present moment, the point where our being eternally resides. We are structured to live in the present moment; if we cannot live in the present moment we cannot live anywhere.
