A Sense of the Sacred–Words from Astronauts & Cosmonauts
Matthew Fox
March 29, 2022
We have been speaking of Evil and how its opposite is not so much the Good as it is the Sacred. One rather recently new
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Three Understandings of Evil
Matthew Fox
March 28, 2022
In addition to being a “privation of the good,” I see Evil as a force or energy related directly to the Via Creativa, to creativity and misuse of imagination. As
The Dual Nature of Evil
Matthew Fox
March 27, 2022
Carl Jung was ill at ease with understanding evil as a “privation of the good” and I tend to agree with him. For I, like many,
Origins of Evil: Denise Levertov & Otto Rank on Creativity
Matthew Fox
March 26, 2022
The origin of evil among humans comes from our deep intelligence and vast creativity or imagination. We can chose to put these gifts to work for
Origins of Evil
Matthew Fox
March 25, 2022
Origins of evil can be found in our capacity for creativity and the vastness of our imaginations. This is why Thomas Aquinas can predict, 700
Amidst Evil in Ukraine, Good News from Father Sky
Matthew Fox
March 24, 2022
Evil is often defined as “privation of the good.” It would seem then that keeping the good before our eyes is one way to ground oneself
The Evil of War 2.0
Matthew Fox
March 22, 2022
If the Ukrainian invasion by Mr. Putin has meant anything, it has meant bringing into our living rooms a live show daily about humanity’s capacity
Letting Go, continued
Matthew Fox
March 22, 2022
Meister Eckhart talks about letting go of our intellect and entering into a “transformed knowledge” that includes an “unknowing.” Does this mirror Otto Rank’s invitation to
Eckhart & Rank on the Via Negativa: Undergoing Letting Go & Separation
Matthew Fox
March 21, 2022
Meister Eckhart says, “we sink eternally from letting go to letting go into the One.” Letting Go never ends, it is a continuous element to living,
Rank and Eckart on Creativity and The Now
Matthew Fox
March 20, 2022
Rank praises our mystical one-ing experiences or the experience of union with thecosmos as beingone of the suspension of time—“present, past and future are dissolved”
