Hiding – Sept. 9, 2022
“To my mind, one of the great necessary inner disciplines is the ability to stay close to what is still hidden and unannounced in us, the interior ‘deep but dazzling darkness’ out of which any new and worthwhile future will be announced.” –David Whyte, Essentials, p. 102
Making a Wish – Sept. 7, 2022
“All round the world, in all cultures we throw coins into wells to make a wish – this was the first time that I understood so physically that the wish is defensive and propitious. The essence of the wish is that we will be absolved from having to descend into the source ourselves.” –David Whyte, Essentials, […]
Clearing Space
Whenever I am disappointed, whether it’s with a friend, an event or how a day has turned out, I ask myself, “What were you expecting? And why?” Because that’s usually the source of my disappointment: somehow reality didn’t match my picture of how it “ought” to be. My narrow self-identity has walled me off from […]
Who Are We? – May 9, 2022
“When we look at Jesus, we see human nature as it is intended to be. Fully human, fully divine, Jesus shows us what human nature is, what the Divine nature is. Our goal is to go down, down, and down into our own inner beauty and love, to rest in our own depths. We commit, […]
