Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
Memorial Day 2023: From Self-Hatred to Self-Love & Spreading Love
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
Previous Meditations
Holiness and Answering to Evil
For some time now we have been meditating on Evil. This is so important to do. Spirituality is not ultimately
Chimps & Us, Stadiums, Sports and Wars continued
In the past two DMs we have been dealing with Brian Swimme’s story of how differently 50,000 chimps
Champs, Chimps and Firings at Fox “News”
On Monday, the Fox “News” Corporation unceremoniously fired its most popular and out front preacher, Tucker Carlson. It happened
Cosmologist Brian Swimme on the Wonder of Being Human
Yesterday we meditated on our cosmic and earthly belonging and how wonderful it is to belong to this universe of
Exuberance, Exultation, Belonging: Moving Beyond Shame
My apologies for a mistake I made in my meditation on Earth Day. But it’s not so bad
Week of April 17-22, 2023: Shame & Shamelessness plus Celebrating the Earth
April 17, 2023. Has the Supreme Court No Shame? A Question for John RobertsWe reflect on the shamelessness
Earth Day 2023: Lessons of Celebrating & Exulting
Let us celebrate today, Earth Day, with joy and gusto and gratitude. Let us rejoice not at what
Rupert Murdoch, Fox “News” and Lack of Shame
Rupert Murdoch, friend of Roy Cohn and his protégé, the previous occupant of the White House, lost big
Patriarchy and Shame, Roy Cohn, Mentor to a President
Our relationship to shame is a bit like that of Goldilocks who found some porridge too hot, some
Healthy Shame, Unhealthy Shame, and No Shame
Shame is a complicated topic. But NO SHAME is not complicated. It is very dangerous and the ground of sociopathic
The Have-No-Shame Virus Spreading in America Today
One of the signs of our times today is that in our public discourse many politicians as well
Has the Supreme Court No Shame? A Question for John Roberts
What does “being without shame” mean? It means to be without conscience, without a moral compass, to be incapable
Week of April 10-15, 2023: Evil, Justice, the Sacred & Resurrection
April 10, 2023. Gifts from Two Artists Received during Passover/Holy WeekMatthew shares with us a painting from an
On Turning Evil Around: Prescient Teachings from Ernest Becker
We have seen how Rabbi Heschel calls for an invitation to “holiness” in order turn evil around. Ernest
Evil & Grace, Crucifixion & Resurrection out of Nashville
There is going on in our time and on the media a great mixing of evil and grace,
On Evil and Its Remedies, ii
Martin Buber teaches that we cannot wipe out evil–but we can work to turn it into good. There are
Beyond Evil?
Love and Hate, Good and Bad, the Sacred and Evil, Crucifixion and Resurrection. There is much to ponder as
The Sorry State of Tennessee and American Politics
Hearing the news these days sometimes feels like we’re living in a swirl and whirlpool of Evil. One day
Gifts from Two Artists Received during Passover/Holy Week
I received three unsolicited gifts this week, one from a painter friend and two from a poet friend. I
Week of 4/3 – 4/8/2023: Fallibility, Irony, Right Speech, Easter
April 3, 2023. Ending the Doctrine of Discovery, continuedMatthew speaks about how the bubonic plague caused Christians to
Easter 2023
Yesterday, Good Friday, we meditated on Passover and the promise of deliverance it offers, with implications, of course,
Passover, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, 2023
As I write this meditation I am aware that Passover began last night for the Jewish people and
Right Livelihood and Good Work vs. Fox News
In a meditation a week ago we considered how Fox News is opposed to the Buddhist teaching of
MLK’s Martyrdom & Presidential Criminality: A Day of Irony
I am writing this meditation on the day of the martyrdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April
The Doctrine of Discovery & Papal Fallibility
The papacy being what it is, it finds it very difficult to admit mistakes. The fact that Pope Francis
Ending the Doctrine of Discovery, continued
Two days ago we addressed what I consider to be major religious news—the repudiation by Pope Francis of
Week of 3/27-4/1/2023: Compassion, Truth & the “Unregarded”
March 27, 2023. God, the Holy Spirit as Fire & CompassionMany mystics equate Divinity with fire and with
Finally! Vatican Repudiates Doctrine of Discovery
Major religious news came through on Thursday, March 30. The Vatican has finally put distance between itself and the
Buddhism, Christianity and Fox News War on Truth
Buddhism offers the “Noble Eight-Fold Path” as a way that all should follow. Among these Eight Paths is that
Creation: Original Blessing, Original Goodness at Work
My teaching about Original Blessing that so disturbed the previous two popes can be understood as an exegesis
