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.
I was born on the cusp of dawn in a wild Irish forest near the edge of a deep-water lake, and to the deep water in a wild forest on the cusp of dawn, I surely shall return. In the interim—let’s just say—it’s been one-hell-of a spiritual ride. I’ve lingered an hour of two on […]
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I was listening to an old sober booze-hound friend the other night sharing about his meditation journey. “Find your quiet place,” said he, “then you’ll be able to walk gently through the storm.” So what might this quiet place look like? The answer to that is it can take many forms. I know people who
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Spiritual illness or brokenness is all pervasive in our world, and it was ever thus. To a large degree, this goes unchallenged and most often undetected. Its symptoms, in my experience, ultimately boil down to the self-centered ego in its multiple manifestations, going on the rampage. Inspired by the killer line, “broken people heal broken
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Inspired by the tweet of a friend on the wild and woolly twitter land a couple of days ago, I added some text: The desire for perfection, the not just let’s get it right, but let’s make it perfect and adored by endless numbers of, you know, “likes,” “loves,” and “follows,” is an ongoing insidious
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