“The Cloud encourages abandoning thought so as to reach a state of unknowing in which one may commune with the divine. This “cloud of unknowing,” as the writer calls it, is referred to as a darkness that is between you and God stopping you from seeing the divine clearly and directly.”(Tim Langdell) While Jesus’ own … Continue reading Pseudo-Dionysius, The Cloud of Unknowing, Centering Prayer, and Kenosis