Recently I’ve come to have a greater appreciation for the feminine spirit in my life. I recently wrote about the Ruach and how the Hebrews long ago realized that the spirit of God was feminine or at least that’s how they depicted it. One of the lines in the Tao te Ching says, “the soft [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tao’
Touch my body
Posted in Gandhi, Jesus, Peace, Spiritual, Zen, history, mystic, recreation, tagged contemplative, feminine, Mariah Carey, sacred, Spiritual, Tao on May 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The great way
Posted in Christianity, Peace, military, mindfulness, mystic, prayer, tagged PTSD, Tao, Wayne Dyer on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
As I traveled this weekend I listened again to Wayne Dyer’s, “Change Your Thoughts, Change Your LIfe.” The chapter of the Tao Te Ching which Dr. Dyer spoke of that really caught my attention was the 30th.
Of all things, soldiers are instruments of evil, Hated by men.
Therefore the religious man (possessed of Tao) avoids [...]
Rigid people
Posted in Spiritual, Zen, mindfulness, mystic, tagged Christ, contemplative, flexible, Lao Tzu, rigid, Tao on April 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This week I encountered once again a chap at work who is very narrow minded and rigid. He’s inflexible and I must have some of that nature in me. I know I do and that’s what burns me about him. This morning after rising I looked outside my window and there on the ground was [...]
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 [...]
The Way
Posted in Christian, tagged Christian, contemplative, Merton, Tao on December 2, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A while back I purchased Wayne Dyer’s, “Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life.” It’s only the second or third audio book I’ve ever purchased. I’ve really enjoyed listening to it when I’m out driving around. I listen to very little radio and very little television. I even read very little news on the Internet [...]
Non being
Posted in Jesus, Thich Nhat Hanh, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, non-being, Tao, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wayne Dyer on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been thinking as I listen to Wayne Dyer’s commentary on the Tao Te Ching. So much of my life is spent in being and doing and what is really important in me and in my life is really non-being. I’m grateful for this book and these moments of insight that have come from it. [...]
Happy is the man
Posted in Thomas Merton, Trappist, tagged contemplative, Thomas Merton, Trappist, Tao, Desert Fathers, Abbey of the Genesee on November 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I had the day off for Veterans Day. I drove some country roads I hadn’t been on in years. Eventually my driving brought me to a familiar stop. I arrived at Abbey of the Genesee and the first person to greet me was the familiar, Brother Christian. He said, “you haven’t been here in a [...]
The way
Posted in mindfulness, mystic, tagged contemplative, Tao, Wayne Dyer on November 8, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Recently when working in a client’s home I began to speak of Rumi and my client spoke of Rumi and Wayne Dyer. This discussion was joined again last Friday night at half time of a basketball game as I met my client again. He offered to give me some CDs that contained some talks by [...]
