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On December 9, we lost a great spiritual teacher, lover of ritual and of young people, Malidoma Patrice Somé, an ancestor from Dano, Burkina Faso
Ceremony is, among other things, an occasion for our collective gratitude, a collective Via Positiva. It is utterly primal and primary. As Rabbi Heschel says,
We are meditating today on a conversation I shared with biologist Rupert Sheldrake in our book Natural Grace. Sheldrake: The essence of the idea of morphic
The Bhagavad Gita speaks to joy when it declares that when one realizes the Supreme Brahman one becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to
Hinduism honors creativity, art, and ritual-making. The Chandogya Upanishad says: Where there is creating, there is progress. Where there is no creating, there is no
Whirling dervishes dance their way into union with the Divine. It is a different form of meditation from sitting and meditating, but the results are
Continuing our discussion on contemplation, we are drawing from the dialogs between Adam Bucko and myself in our book, Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for
Buddhist monk Thich Naht Hanh defines meditation as “stopping, calming, and looking deeply.” Spiritual traditions the world over offer us a variety of methods for
In the following poem Merton names the spiritual practice of silence and the fire that is enkindled in the deep silence of meditation, the via
We are talking about tactical ecstasies or practices and strategies for experiencing the divine. Catholic monk Thomas Merton wrote a powerful poem about his experience
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