Quakers Are Recovering the Living Deity

“Friends, beginning with George Fox, realize that something of God dwells within each and every human being, and that, therefore, He is reachable by us through direct contact, and we are within His reach, subject to His immediate influence. This is the well-known basis of Friends worship.

Since God is within us, Friends turn inward to find Him. This is not a matter of choice or inclination; it is a matter of necessity. Turning inward, we turn away from all externals. […]

That there is that of God in every man was […] more than a belief or a concept with the early Friends. It was an experience. It was a recovery of the living Deity.”

— N. Jean Toomer, 1947
Quaker poet and novelist

Today’s Invitation

Turn inward to experience the living Deity.

This Week’s Query

If there is “that of God in everyone” what does that mean for your relationship with yourself?

When has someone seen that of God in you?

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  • N. Jean Toomer (born Nathan Pinchback Toomer; December 26, 1894 – March 30, 1967) was an American Quaker poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the association, and with modernism. For more than a decade Toomer was an influential follower and representative of the pioneering spiritual teacher G.I. Gurdjieff.

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