
Aquinas, Eckhart, Heschel and Hart on Holy Existence
Thomas Aquinas reminds us that “to exist is the most perfect thing of all, for compared to existence, everything else is potential.” And that “God is
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Thomas Aquinas reminds us that “to exist is the most perfect thing of all, for compared to existence, everything else is potential.” And that “God is

Yesterday we considered the understanding of God as our “ground” and how we can, in Julian’s words, access divinity and our true selves by “digging

Yesterday we meditated on the need to dig deep to get to our true self. Sometimes suffering is a gateway to truth. Julian of Norwich

Human beings have to dig and work at finding our deep and true self. If we do not, we live superficially out of fear or greed

We have been considering non-dualism as championed by MLK Jr and Pere Chenu, feminist writer Rosemary Ruether, Thich Nhat Hanh and many more. Non-dualism includes

We are discussing how Martin Luther King, Jr. and Père Chenu agree that dualism is a “strange” and “unbiblical” (or unJewish) way to look at

Yesterday we considered how we all give birth to the Cosmic Christ not unlike how Mary gave birth at Christmas time. We meditated on Thomas Merton’s

With Meister Eckhart, we are asking in this Christmas season, “When do we give birth to Christ?” Whenever we create from the depths of ourselves. In this

Advent, as we considered a few weeks ago, is not just about humanity waiting to celebrate the birth of Jesus around 2000 years ago. It is also

Thomas Aquinas says that “God is said to be nonbeing (non existens) not because God is lacking in being but because God is beyond all
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