On the Origins of Joy: Who Is Our Beloved?
Matthew Fox
May 27, 2024
Recently, I sat for an interview with Andrew Harvey for a course he is teaching on Joy. I have great respect for Andrew, who is busy
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Playing with Dogmas: Instead of Dogmas in a Box, Dogmas in a Sandbox!
Matthew Fox
May 24, 2024
Yesterday, we meditated on the importance of healthy criticism of institutions–but also the dangers of destroying them altogether, as fascists want to do. Recently, Pope
Original Blessing, Self-Love, and the Curing of Fascism
Matthew Fox
May 16, 2024
If self-hatred leads to fascism, then the cure for fascism is self-love. Meister Eckhart asks, How can anyone be compassionate toward her neighbor who is not
Mysticism, Love & the Curing of Self-Hatred & Therefore Fascism
Matthew Fox
May 15, 2024
The cure for self-hatred is self-love. It is mysticism therefore. The mystic in us is the lover in us. Love includes loving oneself and loving creation which birthed
Aquinas on Love in the Universe, the World as Love
Matthew Fox
April 17, 2024
Love has brought us here. Evolution has brought us here. The Universe has brought us here. And where is here? The universe, our home. The universe is a demanding
Aquinas & Teilhard Envisioning the World as Love
Matthew Fox
April 16, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, we posed a question triggered by the teachings of Teilhard de Chardin–Should we not only recognize that “God is Love”, but also
The Mystic in Us: The “Best in Humanity”?
Matthew Fox
April 9, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, citing Jose Andres, we asked that the best of humanity please stand up. What is the best in humanity? Carl Jung says, “it
Week of 3/25-31: Aquinas, Holy Week & Easter
Matthew Fox
April 1, 2024
March 25, 2024: Aquinas on Spirit as Feminine, Creativity, & God as ‘Artist of Artists’Matthew tells us that Aquinas’s teachings on the Via Creativa are
Easter & Resurrection: Hope and Promise in Dark Times
Matthew Fox
March 31, 2024
Resurrection is an archetype filled with meaning and promise that can move us beyond fear and doubt, to joyful action and building a “new creation”
Aquinas and the Via Creativa, continued
Matthew Fox
March 26, 2024
Aquinas sees all creation carrying the mark of creativity, because “things were made like God not only in being but also in acting.” Furthermore, “the
