Category: Via Negativa

Eckhart says, “The ground of the soul is dark.”   Ninety-five percent of the Universe is a mystery that we call “dark matter” and “dark

Here and for a number of upcoming Daily Meditations we will consider the Silence of the Via Negativa. Consider our very real relationship to darkness

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

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

The Via Negativa instructs us to let go and let be.  Thus we learn how to move from no-action to action but an action born