More than a month ago I wrote about taking a picture of the labyrinth at Mt. Irenaeus and how that invited some comments from friends that sent me on a journey that included reading Dan Pink’s, “A Whole New Mind.” Actually, I downloaded the book and listened to it on my iPod Touch. I listened [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mystic’
A Sacred Path
Posted in Mt. Irenaeus, mindfulness, mystic, tagged A Whole New Mind, contemplative, Dan Pink, labyrinth, Mt. Irenaeus, mystic, right brain on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Epiphany
Posted in culture, gratitude, mystic, tagged A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink, Epiphany, gratitude, left brain, MBA, mystic, right brain on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe most people already knew this and maybe I’m just catching up but Daniel Pink’s book has been a real insight for me. What chance that I would take a picture of the labyrinth at Mt. Irenaeus, upload it with my Blackberry to Facebook an that it would invite a conversation that would lead me [...]
A way forward
Posted in Duns Scotus, Jesus, Mt. Irenaeus, Spiritual, mystic, tagged Franciscan, contemplative, mystic, Incarnation, John Duns Scotus on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My sister sent me a Youtube video which reminded me of the work and writings of John Duns Scotus. I like to remind myself that all theology is theory and that no one really knows what is going on. But, first as a person and then later a person being formed in the Franciscan tradition [...]
No reality fits an ideology
Posted in Jesuit, mystic, tagged Anthony de Mello, mystic on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This came by way of Gerry Straub’s blog and like much I’ve read of Anthony de Mello it is right on target. Ideology from left, right, center, or whatever all miss the point.
As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. [...]
Found him not
Posted in Peace, mystic, tagged contemplative, God, Islam, Muslim, mystic, Peace on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All this talk about Islam and Muslims has awakened a hunger within me to know more. One of my favorites is a Sufi mystic, Rumi. Rumi lived in the 13th century and though they were thousand of miles apart he was a contemporary of St. Francis of Assisi.
I searched for God among the Christians and [...]
Ave Maria
Posted in Christianity, Marian, Martin Luther KIng, Trappist, mystic, prayer, tagged Ave Maria, contemplative, Marian, mystic on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Long a favorite of mine is this short prayer. Today I carried a rosary in my pocket for protection from darkness. St. Francis had a special devotion to Our Lady. The mother of Jesus holds a special place in the Roman Catholic Church. It’s the missing element in fundamental Protestantism. Why this mystical [...]
Mystery makes us humble
Posted in Jesuit, Spiritual, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged Anthony de Mello, contemplative, mystic on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Paradox
Posted in Christianity, Henri Nouwen, Quaker, Thomas Merton, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, mystic on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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, mystic, Trappist on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
