Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
Robert Hanssen, Opus Dei, and the Opposite of Generosity
Yesterday, as we began our meditations on Generosity, Robert Hanssen died in prison. He was serving 15 consecutive life sentences for betraying his country. Hanssen has
Previous Meditations
Light, Science and Moving Beyond Dualism
We have been celebrating non-dualism and “oneing” and love as the mystics and activists define it and live
Week of 1/30-2/03/2023: Heroes and Martyrs for Love and Justice
January 30, 2023. Happy (Belated) Feast Day to Thomas Aquinas!In this DM, Matthew shares with us a poem,
Words from Sister Dorothy and Those Who Knew Her
We have been remembering some of the love and non-dualism and gifting from two martyrs of our time
Speaking of Love, continued: Sister Dorothy Stang
Yesterday we remembered some important teachings from Oscar Romero, who died a martyr in the struggle for justice
Speaking of Love, A Word from Oscar Romero
Yesterday we were gifted with a poem on the cosmic love that birthed us and our Earth by
A Brief History of Love, Dedicated to Teilhard
We are blessed today with a poem contributed from the poet/activist Rafael Jesús González, first poet laureate of
The Tao of Fierce Wisdom by Thomas Aquinas, Part II
In the season of Aquinas’s feast day, I am sharing a poem I gathered from Aquinas’s sentences that
Happy (Belated) Feast Day to Thomas Aquinas!
I am writing this DM on January 28 which is the Feast Day of Thomas Aquinas. It won’t appear
1/23 -1/28/2023: More on Nondualism and the Holiness of Matter
January 23, 2023. MLK, Chenu & Aquinas on Nondualism and the Body Politic.Aquinas reminds us that the common
Teilhard de Chardin on Non-Dualism, continued
Beginning with Dr. King’s teaching that dualism is a “strange” and unbiblical” teaching, we have since his birthday
More of Teilhard’s Non-Dualism
The late Buddhist monk and saint Thich Nhat Hanh promises that “the valuable jewels in the Christian tradition will
Chenu, Aquinas, Teilhard on the Holiness of Matter in History
Chenu admires Aquinas for the importance he gives to matter. Remember Aquinas tells us that this is why he
MLK & Chenu on the “Creative Maladjustment” Creativity Requires
Dr. King proposed that “human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” This seems to be
Chenu on the Spirit at Work in Human and Cosmic History
Père Chenu held a strong cosmic sense. Nature and humanity, nature and spirit were one for him. This is the
MLK, Chenu & Aquinas on Non-Dualism and the Body Politic
A non-dualistic attitude toward matter and body results in a non-dualistic attitude toward the body politic. Democracy or an
1/16-1/21/2023: MLK & Chenu on the Failures of the Church & the Value of Non-Dualism
January 16, 2023. Dr. King on the Failures of Religion.King had issues with churches who “hide behind stained
Non-dualism: Chenu & Aquinas on Passions as the Seat of Virtues
We have been considering non-dualism as championed by MLK Jr and Pere Chenu, feminist writer Rosemary Ruether, Thich
Why Non-Dualism Is Important, MLK & Chenu, continued
We are discussing how Martin Luther King, Jr. and Père Chenu agree that dualism is a “strange” and
MLK, Jr. and M. D. Chenu Oppose Dualism—and Pay a Price
In a previous DM this week we zeroed in on an all-important criticism from Dr. Martin Luther King,
MLK Jr. and M. D. Chenu Critique Today’s Economics
On the eve of the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, today’s headline stands out: “Richest 1% bag
Dr. King Criticizes Organized Religion, continued
Dr. King had plenty to say about religion’s failures—including a hint at why the young abandon it. The
Dr. King on the Failures of Religion
Dr. Martin Luther King, whose Feast Day we celebrate today, had his criticism of church and religion. He
1/09-1/14/2023: Dorothee Soelle, Recreating the Church & Being the Compassion of Christ
Each Sunday we offer a brief summary of the meditations from the previous week as a kind of
Authentic Mysticism as an Antidote to Patriarchy
Dualism is a major component of Patriarchy where domination and control trump co-operation and partnering. Dorothee Soelle believes
Feminism, Ecology, Transcendence vs. Christofascism
Dorothee Soelle believes that feminist theology offers us another way of thinking of transcendence. Transcendence is no longer
Dorothee Soelle: From Christolatry to Mysticism
Dorothee Soelle felt that there is a clear danger evident in the history of Christianity of elevating Christ
Dorothee Soelle on Christ’s Need for Us
Yesterday we saw how Dorothee Soelle believed that love is revolutionary; and love is what Jesus and the
Dorothee Soelle on the Revolution of Jesus
The real purpose of healthy religion is spirituality, namely to inspire and train people to get in touch
The Historic Role that Pope Benedict Played
Howard Thurman felt that “Christianity has betrayed Jesus.” Gandhi agreed and Albert Schweitzer offered this observation: What has been passing
Week of 1/02-1/07/2023: Evil in Society and The Questionable Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
Each Sunday we offer a brief summary of the meditations from the previous week as a kind of
