Silence in Relationships
In attending to our relationships, we can also learn the ways that Silence enters, and we can cultivate its presence. . . . Speaking that takes the form of narration, which tells about experience rather than speaking from within it,…
Entering the Silence
Silence is a true phenomenon that consists of far more than stillness and quiet. . . . Silence is experienced bodily. . . . We feel the presence of Silence throughout the physical world as a kind of touch, like…
The Guardians of Silence
There are two ways we can look at the many distracting forces that keep us from Silence. One way is to see them as they have been seen in the spiritual tradition – as beings that intend to pull us…
A Meditation on Silence
We have a strong tendency to imagine Silence as the absence of sound. This imagination deprives Silence of being anything in itself and makes it an emptiness, a void in what should be the norm. But Silence was here before…
Discernment Issue – July 21, 2015
By Kim Alexis I feel like I had a hard time coming up with a discernment issue that was concrete, that affected me or that was partly my choice and that was relevant to my life. In the end, the…
Finding Inner Freedom
Almost all humans have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) of the mind, which is why so many people become fearful, hate-filled, and wrapped around their negative commentaries. This pattern must be recognized early and definitively. Peace of mind is actually an…
All is Grace
In Jesus, God has put up a “Gone Fishing” sign on the religion shop. He has done the whole job in Jesus once and for all and simply invited us to believe it – to trust the bizarre, unprovable proposition…
Success Stories
People want me to tell them success stories. I understand this. They are the stories you want to tell, after all. So why does my scalp tighten whenever I am asked this? . . . What is success and what…