The domain of Holy fools who listen and talk to God in the now. The mystic, takes a constant mingle with the divine and thus becomes ever-more human in solidarity with all. It’s all about awareness of the potential for heaven on earth in the present . This is the ultimate mystical vision, intensely practical and requiring affirmative action. It’s a doing thing! Not just a vision thing.
Nothing binds us together like tears of the heart My heart immediately felt the crushing despair flowing like a river through the tears of my newfound friend. He is an Irish man of my generation. A musician and mystic. I’d heard him speak before, and internally identified that he was my kind of guy, a […]
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves. ― Leo Tolstoy. As always with an out-there misfit mystic like Tolstoy, there is a plenty to ponder in the quote above. There is a quintessential truth in his wisdom no matter where, when, or who receives it. On the back
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela. These past few days, my misfit mystic musing has been on: In days to come, the mountain of God’s house shall be established on the highest mountains…
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There is an anecdote told in a book by a sober booze hound called Chuck C, about an hour he spent over coffee with an old Jesuit priest that profoundly changed his view about where to find God. As they sat talking, the old mystic took to silent pondering and began cleaning his well-aged spectacles
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