Widening the Door
Does the heart have a narrow door? Will it allow in just one more of every beast and flower and bird and every song it has ever heard? Just one more child, just one more flower, one more relinquishing of…
Gather Us In
Gather us in, the lost and the lonely, the broken and breaking, the tired and the aching who long for the nourishment found at your feast. All: Gather us in, the done and the doubting, the wishing and wondering, the…
The Cure for Heartbreak
I have found the cure for heartbreak. It was hidden in a small nook behind my left ear.Stuck for too long tangled in a strand of my own hair,Which had grown wild and a little long under the admiring gaze of…
Centering Prayer Poem
CENTERING PRAYER I sit. Still. Quiet. Timer set: 20 minutes Welcoming prayer: God for me. God with me . God in me. I breathe …Yah Weh A flutter in my chest Ah….there you are I let go Thoughts come, so…
The Fundamental Illusion
The notion that God is absent is the fundamental illusion of the human condition. – Thomas Keating, as cited by Cynthia Bourgeault in The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice
The Search
What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple, at least for a fellow like me; so simple that it is easily overlooked. The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk…
Revelation of the Divine
The Christ Mystery refuses to be vague or abstract; it must be concrete and specific. When we stay with our daily experiences and apparitions, we see that everything is a revelation of the divine—from rocks to rocket ships. The divine…
Transformed into Fire by Judith Hougen
Transformed into Fire by Anne Braund Living From The Heart – Module 3 – January, 2017 This invitation to life in the True Self by Judith Hougen was a deeply moving book. It opened my eyes to the making and functioning…