Category: Via Positiva

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

Reading Hildegard of Bingen’s term “Original Wisdom” or Julian of Norwich’s “Original Goodness,” one is reminded of “Original Blessing” that a number of years back

We continue to explore just a few of the numerous passages in the Scriptures that sing of the Via Positiva.  Consider the following: “It was

The Scriptures abound with news of the Via Positiva! Just a few examples from the Hebrew Bible follow:  “God saw everything that God had made,

Howard Thurman, the spiritual elder and genius behind the civil rights movement, was a profound mystic as well as a prophet.  From his childhood days,

Meister Eckhart teaches that “a good person praises good people.”  A cynic praises no one.  A cynical view of life banishes goodness, is not even

The other day we saw two visions from Hildegard of the Via Positiva.  We ended that meditation with her naming the struggle to keep the

Today marks the 100th Daily Meditations in our series.  Thanks to all those who are assisting and all those who are reading and meditating!  A