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
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