Interbeing
Interbeing Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh (b. 1926) has offered the world much wisdom through his personal example and teaching. Here he offers a meditation about a piece ...
Beloved Community Resources
The following list is a short collection of books, articles, and other resources on Beloved Community. Articles The Beloved Community: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Prescription for a Healthy Society, by Jeff ...
Relational Holism
Q: “As a member of a Contemplative meditation and education group in our city which includes nuns, parish members and non active members in the rituals of the Church we would like ...
The Greatest of These Is Love
It’s so simple that it’s hard to teach. Our Christian mission is to awaken us to what we already know is true: The foundation of everything is love because “God is ...
Love
We live within a great paradox that God created otherness which is the source of sin, the source of suffering, but is the prerequisite for Love; to love one another. When ...
14 Precepts of a Participatory Contemplative Spirituality
Participatory Contemplative Spirituality is where practitioners bring their practice, wisdom, and insights from contemplation and wisdom teachings, into the real world situations of social, political, environmental and economic suffering and injustice. ...
Spirit and the Art of Union with Reality
The highest expression of the spirit is the one that opens us to the Great Other, in love and trust. It establishes a dialogue with God, listens from the conscience to ...
Indra’s Jewel Net
It’s a metaphor for interbeing byBarbara O’Brien Updated January 25, 2018 Indra’s Jewel Net, or the Jewel Net of Indra, is a much-loved metaphor of Mahayana Buddhism. It illustrates the interpenetration, inter-causality, and interbeing of all ...
Christophany and Advent
Christophany and Advent: A Broader, Deeper Incarnation BY BILL REDFIELD There are probably many ways to know Jesus, but there are two general approaches. The first is from the outside, as an ...
ReVisioning Religion
The future of faith is a growing topic in Western Culture today. The diversity of world and the global economy means that we must learn how to live, play, work and ...
14 Contemplative Trainings
In 1966, the community called “Order of Interbeing” was founded in the tradition of mindful practice and emphasis of the Four Spirits: non-attachment from views, direct experimentation on the nature of ...
What is Interfaith Ministry
Recent studies have estimated that nearly 40 million Americans are religiously unaffiliated and seeking alternative modes of spiritual experience and expression. Interfaith ministers are uniquely prepared to minister to the spiritual ...
Transformational Christianity
Are you disillusioned with Christianity or the church, sensing there must be more than what you’ve learned and experienced so far? If so, you are not alone. More and more people ...
Quote Collection
This is the collection of quotes that form Contemplative Interbeing’s “Random Quote” on our webpage. We would like to include your favorite Contemplative or Interbeing quote. Please send us your favorite ...