Beyond Ideas – Sep. 22, 2020
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense. –Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, 13th century
Hidden Things
There is an old Chinese story about a poor farmer whose father died in a faraway land. His neighbors called it bad luck. But the farmer said, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?” With the inheritance, the farmer bought a large property with a great mansion. The neighbors called it good luck. The farmer replies, […]
The Chance to Say “Yes” – Jan. 17, 2020
“The unfathomable mystery of God is that God is a Lover who wants to be loved. God not only says, “You are my beloved.” God also asks: “Do you love me?” That is the spiritual life: the chance to say “Yes” to our inner truth. And at every point of the journey there is the […]
Befriending Reality – Jan. 3, 2019
“Spiritual life is a way of dwelling with perplexity—taking it seriously, searching for its purpose as well as its perils, its beauty as well as its ravages. In this sense, spiritual life is a reasonable, reality-based pursuit. It can have mystical entry points and destinations, to be sure. But it is in the end about […]
