In the Summer, many years ago, I was initiated into a Spiritual Order of men and women. I can still remember it as if it was yesterday. There I was in the South of France, achieving one of the goals that I had travelled halfway across the world to achieve. In the years preceding my [...]
Archive for the ‘Inner Life Practices’ Category
A Symbol paints a thousand words….
Posted in Inner Life Practices, Steps on the Spiritual Path, tagged kabbalah, meditation, spiritual practice on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Transmuting Crucible of Prayer
Posted in Inner Life Practices, Meditations, tagged alchemy, gnosis, gnosticism, hesychism, Jesus, meditation, practice, prayer, spiritual, theurgy on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Its been a week or two since I posted. My only excuse is that I had a fruitful period in my inner life communing with the ‘Beloved’. I like riding waves, including inner ones. Riding waves, inner or outer requires time, so I had less to spend on other tasks.
I wanted to post something about [...]
Grace and Patience in Spiritual Practice.
Posted in Inner Life Practices, Meditations, tagged beloved, grace, marriage, meditation, monastic, patience, practice, spiritual, technique on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there,
This week I was struck by how impatient I can sometimes be, especially when I get angry, stressed or just tired from a day at work. Often our loved ones and even strangers on the street often bear the brunt of our impatience (even God).
I see a lot of children and young people in [...]
Remaining in the Glow of the Beloved.
Posted in Inner Life Practices, tagged bible, love, lovers, meditation, mindfulness, mystic, mystical, path, practice, prayer, spiritual, study, way on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there,
Every Thursday evening my wife and me meet up with some friends. The purpose of our meetings are social, but also spiritual. We usually have a meal together and then talk about spiritual topics together. This week our discussion was about some passages in the Bible from the book of Jude. [...]
Desire for the Beloved (God).
Posted in Inner Life Practices, Meditations, tagged beloved, ceile, ceile de, christianity, de, desire, meditation, mindful, mindfulness, mystic, mysticism, practice, prayer, spiritual on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This post relates a discussion that I had in another forum about the role of desire in spiritual practice and mysticism.
Prayer as preparation for our inner life explorations.
Posted in Inner Life Practices, Meditations, tagged lords prayer, meditation, prayer on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was born in a remote corner of the southern tip of Africa. I lived in a community where prayer was such an important part of life that it permeated every aspect of it. My family prayed in church, we prayed before we ate. We prayed for rain, for safe trips, for healing for our [...]
