Posts Tagged ‘ mysticism ’

Thomas Merton from Raids on the Unspeakable

“And to have the will to be saved, must one limit oneself very carefully to a few select things that are taken seriously? And must everything else be ignored? In other words, to be saved is to exclude from consideration the possibility that one might be damned? To take that possibility of damnation seriously is, [ READ MORE ]

The Purest Wine

God has given us a dark wine so potent that, drinking it, we leave the two worlds. God has put into the form of hashish a power to deliver the taster from self-consciousness. God has made sleep so that it erases every thought. God made Majnun love Layla so much that just her dog would [ READ MORE ]

Jalal ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi

On this day, 802 years ago, one of the greatest poets and mystics to ever live was born.  To celebrate, here are some of his powerful quotes: “This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a [ READ MORE ]

Free Will

I kind of made this up as I went. ***** How I’ve come to view free will (keep in mind the specifics are still developing in my head): To me, free will has nothing to do with what choice you eventually make. Determinism doesn’t harm the dignity of a person. You are ultimately going to [ READ MORE ]

The Diamond Takes Shape

The Gift The Diamond Takes Shape Some parrots Have become so skilled with The human voice They could give a brilliant discourse About freedom and God And an unsighted man nearby might Even begin applauding with The thought: I just heard jewels fall from a Great saint's mouth, Though my Master used to say, "The [ READ MORE ]

Whoops

I bought four more books. Conscious Love: Insights from Mystical Christianity Richard Smoley The first is Conscious Love: Insights from Mystical Christianity by Richard Smoley.  Smoley is pretty well known for his writings on the more esoteric and mystical side of Christianity.  The only thing I've read from him is the introduction to Annie Besant's [ READ MORE ]

New (old) books!

Went to the used bookstore in Santa Cruz with my sister.  Walked out with …5 books. Read and post comments | Send to a friend[ READ MORE ]

God is your Being

“I told you to forget everything save the blind awareness of your naked being, I intended all along to lead you eventually to the point where you would forget even this, so as to experience only the being of God…God is your being." -Unknown, The Cloud of Unknowing I really need to get a copy [ READ MORE ]

A New Reformation – Matthew Fox

I saw this floating around on the internet and thought it was interesting.  What do you think of it?  What points do you strongly agree or disagree on?  ***** Like Luther, I present 95 theses or in my case, 95 faith observations drawn from my 64 years of living and practicing religion and spirituality. I [ READ MORE ]

One

The absurd notion of one Read and post comments | Send to a friend[ READ MORE ]

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