It is such an innocent, intuitively discerning mind that helps make the Eastern guru and the Desert Abba master. Where intimate Source radiates among non-Christians then surely we must be dealing with the other sheep manifesting the cosmic Christ.

For many years, I have kept in my office an ink drawing of two smiling figures with their arms around each other: Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, with the caption: Jesus and Buddha must be very good friends. They are not the same, but they are friends, not enemies, and they are not indifferent to one another.

This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.