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Tag Archives: maturity

A Windfall of Delight

We know that our inevitable passing away is not the end of our ripened and transformed life. Continue Reading A Windfall of Delight

A Noble Task

To live a life of an elder involves ripening into clear-eyed acceptance of the way things actually exist. Continue Reading A Noble Task

What Kind of Person Are We Becoming?

The last period of life is meant to free us to mature even more. Continue Reading What Kind of Person Are We Becoming?

The Second Journey

What looks like falling can largely be experienced as falling upward and onward, into a broader and deeper world. Continue Reading The Second Journey

A Ripening Mind and Heart

The horizon of old age seems to be a plan that God has prepared as inevitable and part of the necessary school of life. Continue Reading A Ripening Mind and Heart

The Grail Experience

The Grail experience is the first numinous experience that opens our eyes. Continue Reading The Grail Experience

Emotional Maturity

If an emotion does not help us read a situation better and more truthfully, we must let it go—for our own well-being. Continue Reading Emotional Maturity

Ever-Widening Circles

There is Big Truth in this universe, and it certainly isn’t mine. Continue Reading Ever-Widening Circles

Trusting Our Bodies

Human Bodies: Week 1 Trusting Our Bodies Tuesday, April 3, 2018 Capable Flesh The tender flesh itself           will be found one day —quite surprisingly—           to be capable of receiving, and yes, full           capable of embracing the searing energies of God.… Continue Reading Trusting Our Bodies

Contemplation Gives Power to the People

Rebuilding on a Contemplative Foundation Contemplation Gives Power to the People Thursday, July 13, 2017 If religious teachers told their parishioners about contemplation, where individuals can experience the mercy of God for themselves, they would not be so dependent upon the clergy. Although this codependency is not engineered maliciously, it does create job security. We… Continue Reading Contemplation Gives Power to the People

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