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Meister Eckhart is thoroughly marinated in the Via Positiva (but immersed in the other three paths as well). A brief example of his VP teachings
Clearly the Scriptures speak of the Via Negativa and the dark night of the soul. We are invited in to taste the ashes as our
There is much to grieve about today. Grief is a sign of our times. It demands our attention. So much is being lost in the
A big part of the spiritual journey is the Via Negativa that invites us to grieve. Without grieving we can get stuck spiritually with no
We are talking about the Four Paths and about how we begin our spiritual lives—and renew them—with the Via Positiva–which is so often dismissed or
There lies a special relationship between the Via Negativa—feeling of pain and grief including that of Mother Earth—and the Via Transformativa. The best worker of
In a recent Public Letter prepared for the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation,” Pope Francis addressed all people of good will
In discussing the Via Positiva, we considered Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si” which dealt with it in considerable depth and breadth. (See the meditations on
Science has a profound role to play in awakening us anew to the Via Positiva today. (Of course it plays a primary role in the
During the industrial revolution the captains of industry complained about “sloth,” as the deadly sin of acedia was translated at that time. They considered anyone
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