Be Receptive (or Be Open)
“poor in spirit” designates an inner attitude of receptivity and openness; one is blessed because only in this state is it possible to receive anything.
.. Thomas Merton once wrote, “At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God.”
.. wisdom teaching has insisted that only through that point of nothingness can we enter the larger mind. As long as we’re filled with ourselves, we can go no further.