You Are What You Are Seeking

 You Are What You Are Seeking

Fr. Richard Rohr teaches that all of the major world religions have things in common. He calls these commonalities "the Wisdom Tradition." The Christian belief in Incarnation--the belief that God took on human form--is part of this tradition. He says the Wisdom Tradition...

includes a recurring theme in all of the world’s religions and philosophies. They continue to say, each in their own way:

• There is a Divine Reality underneath and inherent in the world of things.
• There is in the human soul a natural capacity, similarity, and longing for this Divine Reality.
• The final goal of all existence is union with this Divine Reality.

Adapted from a document distributed at a conference in Assisi, Italy, May 2012.

Published online, 21 January 2013.