Tasting the Nothingness of Our Times
Matthew Fox
July 7, 2022
Part of the Via Negativa and the Dark Night of the Soul is a deep tasting of Nothingness. I think many of us are tasting Nothingness today
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Folly and Horror vs the 7th Chakra and Angels
Matthew Fox
June 20, 2022
The horror of January 6; the horror of the plot that set it in motion and was planned for months; the horror learning that a
More Paths to Authentic Masculinity: The Hunter-Gatherer
Matthew Fox
June 19, 2022
Another archetype that speaks deeply to an alternative to faux masculinity and violence so prevalent today is that of the Hunter-Gatherer. Our species was a hunter-gatherer
Merton & Eckhart: The Spark amidst Suffering & Nothingness
Matthew Fox
June 14, 2022
The experience of Nothingness can happen alongside the experience of the divine spark. The Via Positiva and Negativa often dance side by side. The darkness of
Becoming the Light, Digging for the Ground of Our Being
Matthew Fox
June 13, 2022
Clearly, in our recent daily meditations, Eckhart is urging us to become the light, the light of Christ, the light of God, the light of
The January 6 Committee Hearing: A Report on the 7th Chakra?
Matthew Fox
June 12, 2022
For several weeks we have been honoring the seventh chakra and exploring its many deep dimensions whereby it gathers light from the other six chakras
Honoring the 7th Chakra & Steeling Ourselves For Facing Evils
Matthew Fox
June 1, 2022
Yesterday, we celebrated Walt Whitman’s birthday as a “Bard of 7th Chakra Numinosity.” One valuable reason for comparing the seven chakras and seven capital sins is that
Happy Birthday to Walt Whitman, Bard of 7th Chakra Numinosity
Matthew Fox
May 31, 2022
We have been talking about the shadow side of the 7th chakra whereby humans make decisions not to build community but to unravel it, to replace
Evil and the Sacred
Matthew Fox
May 26, 2022
One lesson I learned from writing my book on Evil is this: The opposite of evil is not the good, but the Sacred. This means that we cannot have a
Some Practices to Prepare for Facing Evil
Matthew Fox
May 24, 2022
We continue our meditations on Evil and Hatred. To go deeper, to face these realities, we must become stronger. How do we do that? Just as one
