One day you may say, “I found God, I know him, he is so and so, he is there and there, he is in me, in creation, in the eucharist …” That is a day of disaster for you because you will have found your God, your own projection, so pitiful and small. These [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mystic’
Mystery makes us humble
Posted in Jesuit, Spiritual, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged Anthony de Mello, contemplative, mystic on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Paradox
Posted in Christianity, Henri Nouwen, Quaker, Thomas Merton, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, mystic on July 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I purchased a book from Amazon the other day and read it today not three hours after opening the package. It’s the first book I’ve read in awhile and I’d recommend it to anyone. It’s the “Promise of Paradox“and it’s more than timely. Too much of our packaged culture is set up as either/or when [...]
Pentecost
Posted in Catholic, Christian, Marian, Mt. Irenaeus, Spiritual, mindfulness, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, mystic, Pentecost, Ruach, Holy Spirit on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today was the Feast of Pentecost. At Mass today Fr. Lou’s homily was about the Holy Spirit and about how much of theology is spent on Jesus and God the Father, but almost nothing on the Holy Spirit. He drew our attention to a print near the rear of the chapel today that is a [...]
Website of Unknowing
Posted in Christianity, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, Trappist, mystic on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night following a search for more contemplative reading material I came across a truly lovely site that I’d like to draw your attention to. It’s author works in the bookstore at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, GA. It’s title, Website of Unknowning, invited me to explore it in some detail. [...]
What is a contemplative?
Posted in Benedictine, Spiritual, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, Spirituality, mystic on April 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last Saturday my son asked my wife and I if we could define mysticism. I did my best but it’s like trying to define what strawberries taste like to someone who’s never tasted one. This morning I decided to give one of my extra books to our school library but before I did, I looked [...]
His voice
Posted in Christian, Gandhi, Politics, gratitude, mystic, prayer, pundits, tagged contemplative, Jesus, Lao Tzu, mystic, Tao on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Everyone that is of the truth hears my voice.–John 18:37
What is the truth? I don’t hear the voice, but I sense it in the silence of my prayers and in the silence of my life. Martin Luther King heard his voice. All the great prophets have heard that voice and it has moved them to [...]
Awaiting on you all
Posted in Music, culture, mindfulness, mystic, tagged contemplative, Gerorge Harrison, Lent, mystic, renewal on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of my favorite musicians is and was George Harrison. He was the mystical Beatle. Harrison more than Lennon and McCartney seemed to be most in touch with the world around him. That might be very unfair to Ringo Starr and if so I apologize. One of my favorite Harrison lyrics is “Awaiting on You [...]
Angels in our midst
Posted in Christianity, Mt. Irenaeus, mindfulness, mystic, tagged contemplative, death, Franciscan, Incarnation, mystic, Spirituality on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I was on Route 1 nearing the turn for Mt. Irenaeus when suddenly I spotted three deer entering the roadway about a tenth mile ahead. One looked normal and the other two looked different. From a distance they almost looked like fawns, but then as I got closer I realized that two of the deer [...]
Thoughts on prayer
Posted in mindfulness, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged centering prayer, contemplative, Lent, mystic, prayer on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday, I wrote about what makes a monk. It was a popular post and even invited a response. I am a contemplative and maybe could even claim to be a mystic or at the very least attracted to mysticism. I love to sit in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. Holy Thursday is approaching [...]
Conjectures of Thomas Merton
Posted in Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Merton, Trappist, tagged Christian, contemplative, Islam, mystic, Thomas Merton on January 2, 2008 | No Comments »
In looking for another famous quote from Thomas Merton’s, Seven Storey Mountain, I happened upon a quote from Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander which is just a powerful and insightful given the current political and cultural climate.
For myself, I am more and more convinced that my job is to clarify something of the tradition that [...]
