Our Human Task – Aug. 17, 2020
“Our only truly essential human task here, Jesus teaches, is to grow beyond the survival instincts of the animal brain and egoic operating system into the kenotic joy and generosity of full human personhood. His mission was to show us how to do this. It was a mission he freely accepted. And the energy of […]
Christ Consciousness – Mar. 13, 2020
“Contemplative practice… is fundamentally about a change in consciousness that enables the practitioner to see and participate in the very nature of Christ. It is a bold way of saying “yes” to the profound invitation of Ephesians 3:18-19… that rooted and grounded in love [you] may come to grasp how wide and long and high […]
Transformative Love – Mar. 12, 2020
“The most daring gamble of Jesus’ trajectory of pure love may just be to show us that self-emptying is not the means to something else; the act is itself the full expression of its meaning and instantly brings into being “a new creation”: the integral wholeness of Love manifested in the particularity of a human […]
Living Spiritually Aware – Mar. 11, 2020
“The role of meditation in service of the gospel… creates a bridge between the two levels of awareness [ordinary and spiritual] within us, offering a consistent and reliable way of practicing the passage from small self to greater Self. When, during the time of meditation, angry or frightened or self-justifying thoughts arise, we use whatever […]
