  read a urlLink passage today from Henri Nouwen's urlLink The Genesee Diary and it reminded me of John Elderedge's urlLink Waking the Dead . He talks about the fact that I am the Glory of God... walking around here on the Earth everyday.
Obviously, all this is more than an insight, an idea, a way of seeing things. That is why it is a subject of mediation and not so much for study. But once you start "realizing" in this very intimate and personal way that you are indeed are the glory of God, then everything is different, then your life takes a decisive turn. Then, for instance, your passions which seemed so real, more real than God, show their illusory nature to you and sort of dwindle away. 
