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Conversing With the Holy

by Ingrid Goff-Maidoff

"The Lord may be addressed
by any name
that tastes sweet on your tongue,"
said the guru and mystic Sai Baba.

My life has been enriched by this wisdom in ways that continue to unfold. The poems in my book, Conversing with the Holy, represent prayerful conversations I sometimes have throughout the day. They are dreamy, formal, casual, sensual...

Saint Teresa of Avila said that "mental prayer is nothing else...but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with him." This is also lovely wisdom, and permission to address the Holy in our own language and style.

I will never be a saint; I don't long to be a saint. Where an aspiring saint might seem to strive for perfection- to strive, to reach, and to quite often fall short, the mystic arrives at a passionate peace through falling ~ falling into the arms of the Holy. That's what I want: to fall like a lover, to dance, to converse, however imperfectly but with joy. I long to live my life in intimate relationship with the Eternal Energy and the Divine Mystery of which we are all a part.

The following beautiful words are just a few I have found for naming the Divine. I offer them to you on the off chance you might enjoy writing your own prayers, and having your own conversations with the Holy. If you enjoy this list, you might really love my book, Naming the Divine- a hand-made flipbook of beautiful language.

God And Other Beautiful Names

Great Spirit,
Holy and Infinite Universe ~
Eternal Love, Divine Wisdom,
Mother of all Mystery,
Father of every Faith,
Mighty One, Beloved, Bliss,
Ageless Benevolent Friend,
Creator, Oneness, All Knowing,
Great Field of Radiant Joy,
Consciousness, Reality, Lover,
Companion, Gaia, World,
Energy, Marvelous Music,
Ever Abiding Peace,
Life-Filled Quickening Wonder,
Holy Oneness, Almighty God,
Beloved Master, Eternal Bliss,
Luminous Indescribable Presence,
Flawless Unbounded Splendor,
Sweet Eloquent Silence,
Surprising Holiness, Nameless Fragrance,
Indwelling Kindness, All-Knowing Protector,
Surrounding Song-filled Ecstasy,
Ever-Present Grace,
Divine Hidden Rapture, Radiant Beloved,
Prospering Benevolent Majesty,
Sublime Joy-Filled Light,
Dark Flowering Infinite,
Constant Outpouring Universe,
Intelligent Wilderness, Waking Holy Essence,
Brilliant Peace-Filled Joy,
Magnificent Holy Drunkenness,
All-Seeing Unbounded Truth

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