Passover, 2021
Matthew Fox
March 27, 2021
Today is Passover. That great day in Jewish memory when the people commemorate the Liberation and Exodus, from servitude, slavery and the Pharoah’s cruelty. What
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Spiritual Warriorhood in Islam and in the Protest of Julia Butterfly
Matthew Fox
March 22, 2021
The tradition of “jihad” in Islam has often been distorted to mean “holy war” against others. In fact, Muhammad himself was explicit about its true meaning. He
Spiritual Warriorhood in Buddhism
Matthew Fox
March 21, 2021
Buddhism has much to teach about spiritual warriorhood. The warrior trains his or her heart by learning to let go and be emptied in order
Howard Thurman and Meister Eckhart: Brothers in Deep Ecumenism
Matthew Fox
March 2, 2021
Thurman was a serious deep ecumenist: It is my belief that in the Presence of God there is neither male nor female, white nor black,
The “New Normal” and Kwanzaa
Matthew Fox
December 31, 2020
We have been posing the question of a “New Normal” by calling on mystics of our time during the “12 days of Christmas” season. Kwanzaa
Bede Griffiths on Myth and History Marrying
Matthew Fox
December 29, 2020
We are meditating on contemporary mystics who shed light on the deeper meaning of Christmas and the birthing of a “New Normal.” The festival of
Birthing a New Normal while Including Some Old Normal
Matthew Fox
December 23, 2020
We spoke yesterday about birthing a New Normal this Christmas season. We do not have to settle the Old Normal but can take advantage of
Hinduism and Christian Mystics on Joy in Work and Ritual
Matthew Fox
November 29, 2020
The Bhagavad Gita speaks to joy when it declares that when one realizes the Supreme Brahman one becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to
Music as Sacred and Healing, Black Spirituality, continued
Matthew Fox
August 29, 2020
Imagination and the arts tap into soul and soul uses them as an instrument for expressing its wisdom. Says Dona Marimba Richards, Our deepest feelings are
Tasting Nothingness in Contemplation/Meditation
Matthew Fox
August 21, 2020
Meditation often leads one to a place of tasting nothingness. When I was seventeen years old and in my first year of college, I had
