Speaking of Praise, Rilke Again
Matthew Fox
August 27, 2022
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke underwent a very painful childhood. He was locked in the attic by his mother for long periods of time and was
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Grief, Climate Change, Extinction and Appreciation
Matthew Fox
August 25, 2022
I am often moved by many of the Comments to the Daily Meditations which, I try to read every day. I do not respond to them
Merton & Eckhart on Nothingness & Solitude
Matthew Fox
August 12, 2022
Merton expounds on the experience of nothingness: But to each of us there is a point of nowhereness in the middle of movement, a point
Merton & Eckhart on Nothingness, continued
Matthew Fox
August 11, 2022
In yesterday’s poem, composed from his hospital bed, Merton addresses “Eckhart’s castle.” Eckhart’s talk about the soul as a “castle” relates to the Biblical phrase,
Meditations on Nothingness Experiences, continued
Matthew Fox
August 10, 2022
In recent DMs, we meditated on the rendering of nothingness that humans are capable of such as Hiroshima and climate change and the once Supreme
Considering Nothingness and Nothingburgers
Matthew Fox
August 7, 2022
We have a current concept in our culture applicable to political nothingness when we invoke the word “nothingburger.” A nothingburger seems to be a promised meal
Hiroshima, 2022: Humanity’s Capacity for Rendering Nothingness
Matthew Fox
August 6, 2022
We have been meditating on some of the many meanings of Nothingness. Today, August 6, 2022, is the 77th anniversary of the nothingness rendered by the atomic
Ceremony of Sorrow, Hope, & Action, continued
Matthew Fox
August 3, 2022
We are calling upon Rabbi Arthur Waskow’s teaching that addresses climate change and the extinction reality for our species and so many others in our
A Ceremony of Sorrow, Hope, Action in the Face of Nothingness
Matthew Fox
August 2, 2022
Speaking of Nothingness, as we have been doing for several meditations now, following is a teaching from “The Shalom Report” that I think is worthy
Humanity: Facing Our Own Extinction, Our Own Nothingness
Matthew Fox
July 31, 2022
There are religious orders in both the East and West that make a great point about meditating on death. Often they make it a practice to
