A thought on how we sometimes contruct our worlds, even our spiritual ones….
“Father: All right – take another example. Sometimes in the movies you will see a lot of letters of the alphabet all scattered over the screen, all higgledy-piggledy….and then something shakes the the table so that the letters start to move, and then [...]
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Why our worlds get into a muddle…
Posted in Meditations, tagged construct, gregory bateson, meditation, worlds on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gnosis or Faith?
Posted in Meditations, tagged faith, gnosis, gnosticism, meditation, mysticism, thought for the day, trust on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In these moderns times mystics spend a lot of time discussing Gnosis, yet few seem to be talking about Faith. It’s almost as if these two concepts have become diametrically opposed to each other in modern mystical Christianity. Evangelicals and other Christians say Faith is important. Gnostics on the other hand, emboldened by the Nag [...]
The Beauty in the Ordinary.
Posted in Meditations, tagged balance, meditation, middle, monk, mysticism, ordinary, spiritual, way on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night my wife and I joined a small group of friends to discuss our spiritual life. One of the topics that came up was the fact that part of a healthy spiritual life is a healthy detachment from the material world and the material life. This got me thinking. Could attachment to spiritual practices [...]
A more simple life.
Posted in Meditations, Steps on the Spiritual Path, tagged God, Jesus, life, maps, meditation, rebel, religion, simplicity, spiritual on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Spiritual path is a path of Simplification. As we mature in our walk with the ‘Beloved’ we slowly but surely let go and put to the side many of the religious rules, regulations, and theology that we cling to. As my journey continues I hold on to less and less. The more I read [...]
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 [...]
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.
The Beginning of a Path.
Posted in Meditations, Steps on the Spiritual Path, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, balance, cabalah, health, kaballah, kabbalah, malkuth, meditation, practice, spiritual, stages, steps on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there,
Its been about a week since I posted, but I’m back now.
Today I would like to say something about the start of our spiritual journey.
It is in this place, here in the material world, where it can be truly said we start our spiritual journey. It is here, in this world of opposites, where we develop
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Divine Freedom
Posted in Meditations, tagged baby, dive, father, freedom, God, Jesus, love, meditation, mysticism, relationship on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Relationship
In my day to day work I often see families where mothers and children suffer domestic violence and abuse from partners and parents. The abusive partner or parent of threatens others with violence if they wish to leave or talk about the relationship.
We as human begins often insist that ideal and healthy relationships can only [...]
