
The Cosmos in Christian and Jewish Liturgy
The ancient Christian hymn from Philippians celebrates the rejoicing of the entire cosmos: “All beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld,” reverence
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The ancient Christian hymn from Philippians celebrates the rejoicing of the entire cosmos: “All beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld,” reverence

August 28, 2023. The Original Blessing of the CosmosIn this meditation we reflect upon the idea that the Cosmos is an Original Blessing, for without

Nineteenth-century French poet and translator, Gerard de Nerval, had this to say about the modern consciousness that so readily left out the universe: Free thinker,

Is the Cosmos an Original Blessing? I sort of think so. And I also think that every human being should be aware of and convinced of this.

My deep thanks to Rick Reich for filling in for me this past month at the Daily Meditations. And for other members of our team who

Jesus’ biggest and most innovative decision was the manner in which he chose to preach. He chose the way and the lifestyle of the storyteller,

All of the quotations today come from the book that started it all: Original Blessing, lauded as one of the “20 books that changed the world” in

Otto Rank’s profound insight that a “philosophy of pessimism” is born of self-hatred gives us a deep understanding of the origin of much suffering in

In the past two DMs we have been dealing with Brian Swimme’s story of how differently 50,000 chimps and 50,000 humans will act in a

Yesterday we meditated on our cosmic and earthly belonging and how wonderful it is to belong to this universe of two trillion galaxies and to this exuberant
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