Kinship
Pema Chodron, an ordained Buddhist nun, writes of compassion and suggests that its truest measure lies not in our service of those on the margins, but in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship with them. In 1987 Dolores Mission…
Discernment Issue: Arms Wide Open
by Tannis Fisher Living From The Heart – Module Four – June, 2015 When I began to consider a discernment issue, I had inklings and stirrings about what it might be. During and following the last intensive, I realized they had to…
In the Knowing and the Naming
“Behold the one beholding you and smiling.” It is precisely because we have such an overactive disapproval gland ourselves that we tend to create God in our own image. It is truly hard for us to see the truth that…
Addictive Helpfulness
We may need to consider a little abstinence from our automatic, reflexive responses of being helpful to others. For some of us, doing this may feel very threatening; to identify our addictions of helpfulness is to challenge the ways we…
With That Moon Language
Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.” Of course you do not do this out loud; Otherwise, Someone would call the cops. Still though, think about this, This great pull in us To connect. Why not…
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell…
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. Monastic spirituality is meant to bring the reign of Christ to the world around us…
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 long road burns, hostile to strangers. We wander without knowing and find no place. .…