When our perspective is a keyhole every death is a tragedy and every disaster catastrophic. When that keyhole becomes a telescope even the death of a planet or star reveals the birth of new … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Spiritual practice has little to do with doctrine, rituals, stretching, or crystals
Spiritual practice has little to do with doctrine, rituals, stretching, or crystals “I like to find what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature…” From, “Pleasures” by … [Read more...]
The Spiritual Journey is Staying at Home
Journey. Spiritual journey. Life’s a journey. Are we talking spiritual journey, as in Lord of the Rings – tunnels, caves, volcanoes, fairies, goblins and dragons? Or are we on a purely … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Charging the gap of mystery
“Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.” Full link to Annie Dillard quote: … [Read more...]
Where were you at the beginning of the world?
https://soundcloud.com/subversivepreacher-pods/where-were-you-at-the-beginning-of-the-world … [Read more...]
An Uncharacteristic Wednesday Rant from subversivepreacher: Individualism is an idea that effectively destroys spirituality
We were taught not only what it means to be a Buddhist, Christian, or Muslim, but also a particular brand within that religion such as Roman Catholic, Sunni or Mahayana. With a specific set of … [Read more...]
RIVERS & ROADS
Loneliness is the problem of finding peace within our own skin. When the peace that surpasses all understanding is missing our family and friends can be in the same room and we’ll still be … [Read more...]
A Word Rippening Inside
"A single word" by Yunus Emre, 13th century Sufi A single word can brighten the face of one who knows the value of words. Ripened in silence, a single word acquires a great energy for … [Read more...]
Resurrection Pill, featuring “Rise” by Eddie Vedder
Resurrection Pill Take one sharp needle, use it to poke a pinhole in a piece of paper, then look through that tiny hole. Such is our perspective on the universe; such is our perspective … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Church, a tool not the thing itself
I am a word weasel, as someone once called me. I do not think in terms of the most direct route from A to B. I am also an extrovert, which means I am within that community of folks who talk out loud … [Read more...]