Reflection: Wisdom Distilled from the Daily – May 2015
by Jacqueline Block Living From The Heart – Module Five – May, 2015 Monastic Spirituality is not principally for the sake of personal salvation or contemplative withdrawal.…
The Threshold
Open the door to us, and we will see the orchards, We will drink their cold water where the moon has left its trace. The…
Sabbath: A Reading and Reflection on Contemplative Living
by Joey Horvath Module Five: Reading and Reflection on Contemplative Living Reference: Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in Our Busy Lives by Wayne Muller…
Attention
The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle. Nearly…
Weaving Benedictine Mindfulness
by Denice Bezoplenko Living From The Heart – Module Five – May, 2015 My daughter and daughter-in-law have taken up the craft of weaving. On the warp…
The Myth of Fulfillment
We are addicted to fulfillment, to the eradication of all emptiness. . . . (we have) swallowed the cultural myth that says, “if you are…
Space for Love
We are so busy, so occupied with many little things, that we are blind to the one great thing. Only in the pauses between things,…
Gestation rather than Stagnation
Homeostasis is necessary for life. It provides a stable home base, a resting place from which the body can respond to the surrounding world. .…
The Mystery of Love
I do not think we can ever adequately define or understand love; I do not think we were ever meant to. We are meant to…
Celestial Horses
Here comes those silver celestial horses Rays of the moon in the mountain air I’m steeped in the steam of the last wild hot spring…