The Song of True Self
The Song of True Self Within us there is an inner, natural dignity. (You often see it in older folks.) An inherent worthiness that already knows and enjoys. (You see it ...
Rest in Stillness
Join acclaimed mystics scholar and final CONSPIRE presenter Mirabai Starr in this 11-minute practice to rest in stillness from the CONSPIRE 2018 conference. By holding our inhale, we can reconnect with ...
Darshan and Namaste
Darshan and Namaste In the Hindu tradition, darshan (or darsana) is to behold the Divine and to allow yourself to be fully seen. Many Hindus visit temples not to see God, but to let God gaze ...
Contemplative Prayer
Contemplative Prayer As we’ve explored this week, any human perfection simply reflects God’s holiness. Receiving such goodness comes through grace; it cannot be achieved. But we can be honest and humble, ...
Patience
Patience Although the transition from first half to second half of life can begin in a moment, it takes a lifetime to practice living consistently from this wider, non-dual awareness. Even ...
Letting Go and Letting God
Letting Go and Letting God Contemplative practice is an exercise in humility. We come face to face with our inability to control our thoughts, emotions, and bodies. With practice over time, ...
Yes
Yes All prayer is seconding the motion. God is the initial motion, the initiative. In contemplation, we become aware of God’s movement and surrender to it. We begin with “yes,” ready ...
Love’s Reconciliation and Transformation
Love’s Reconciliation and Transformation Each week we offer an invitation to contemplative practice, though I hope you’re finding quiet, contemplative moments every day. There are many different ways to meditate or ...
Agape Feast
Agape Feast The early Christians shared agape (love) feasts in their small communities. Somehow eating together creates a space where we can be vulnerable and present. By sharing our food, or by coming ...
Concrete Participation
Concrete Participation As we turn toward participation we now can see that most of religious and church history has been largely preoccupied with religious ideas, about which you could be wrong ...
Self-Emptying
Self-Emptying Make my joy complete by being of a single mind, one in love, one in heart and one in mind. Nothing is to be done out of jealousy or vanity; ...
Staying Open
Staying Open Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. —1 Corinthians 13:7, NASB This love—whose source is God’s very self—is an open-heartedness. You can tell when ...
Midrash
Midrash The Jewish practice of midrash is a way of interpreting Scripture that asks questions more than seeks always certain and unchanging answers. It allows many possibilities, many levels of faith-filled meaning—meaning that ...
Reading Scripture with the Mind of Christ
Reading Scripture with the Mind of Christ Looking at which Scripture passages Jesus emphasizes (remember, the Hebrew Bible was his only Bible!) shows he clearly understands how to connect the “three ...
