Blog Archives — The Contemplative Life

November 2024

Nov 14, 2024 Happiness and Circumstances Nov 14, 2024
Nov 13, 2024 Preserve Your Health Nov 13, 2024

September 2024

Sep 2, 2024 The Man of Tao Sep 2, 2024

July 2024

Jul 18, 2024 Taoist Pages Updated Jul 18, 2024

May 2024

May 14, 2024 The Look of a True Contemplative May 14, 2024

March 2024

Mar 30, 2024 Shinzen Young | Surface to Source Mar 30, 2024
Mar 23, 2024 Thich Nhat Hanh | Resting in God Mar 23, 2024
Mar 16, 2024 Pravrajika Divyanandaprana | Decoding Happiness Mar 16, 2024
Mar 9, 2024 Sam Harris | Emptiness in Buddhism Mar 9, 2024
Mar 2, 2024 Eckhart Tolle | The Ego and What Underlies It Mar 2, 2024

February 2024

Feb 4, 2024 The Ethical as the Beautiful Feb 4, 2024

January 2024

Jan 5, 2024 On Not Having a Definite MetaNarrative Jan 5, 2024

November 2023

Nov 10, 2023 Rest in Peace Ed Nov 10, 2023

October 2023

Oct 22, 2023 The Simile of The Mountain Oct 22, 2023
Oct 8, 2023 Reflections on the Theravada Tradition | Personal Takeaways Oct 8, 2023
Oct 1, 2023 Reflections on the Theravada Tradition | Am I Developing Sati When I Practice Centering Prayer? Oct 1, 2023

September 2023

Sep 24, 2023 Reflections on the Theravada Tradition | Practicality of the Path Toward the Development of a Soul Sep 24, 2023
Sep 17, 2023 Reflections on the Theravada Tradition | Nibbana and Other Experiences of the Absolute Sep 17, 2023
Sep 10, 2023 Reflections on the Theravada Tradition | Arising as Grace? Sep 10, 2023
Sep 3, 2023 Reflections on the Theravada Tradition | Too Systematic and Not Systematic Enough? Sep 3, 2023

August 2023

Aug 27, 2023 Reflections on the Theravada Tradition | Dukkha, an Imbalance? Aug 27, 2023

May 2023

May 1, 2023 Theravada Pages Updated May 1, 2023

March 2023

Mar 18, 2023 Keep The Light In Your Eyes Mar 18, 2023
Mar 11, 2023 Your Silence Will Be Peaceful Mar 11, 2023
Mar 4, 2023 Beauty 2 Mar 4, 2023

February 2023

Feb 18, 2023 Identities Feb 18, 2023
Feb 11, 2023 Beauty Feb 11, 2023
Feb 4, 2023 Keeping Reality Fresh Feb 4, 2023

January 2023

Jan 14, 2023 Be Melting Snow Jan 14, 2023
Jan 7, 2023 Sufism | Through Love, Unio Mystica, Wayfaring Jan 7, 2023

December 2022

Dec 31, 2022 Sufism | Dhikr, Transcending I-Thou, alone to the Alone Dec 31, 2022
Dec 17, 2022 The Task is the Same Dec 17, 2022
Dec 10, 2022 Sufism | Benefits of Dhikr, Polishing the Heart of Its Rust Dec 10, 2022
Dec 3, 2022 Sufism | Fana Dec 3, 2022

November 2022

Nov 24, 2022 Sufism | Sacred Silence in Sufism Nov 24, 2022
Nov 19, 2022 Sufism | Unity and Multiplicity Nov 19, 2022
Nov 12, 2022 Sufism | The Postmodern Situation, Psychological Fragmentation Nov 12, 2022
Nov 5, 2022 Islamic Contemplative Tradition Pages Updated Nov 5, 2022

October 2022

Oct 24, 2022 On Measuring Effects Oct 24, 2022
Oct 8, 2022 Plotinus | A Choric Ballet Oct 8, 2022
Oct 1, 2022 Plotinus | The Centre of All Souls Oct 1, 2022

September 2022

Sep 24, 2022 Plotinus | Do As The Artist, Interior Vision Sep 24, 2022
Sep 17, 2022 Plotinus | We Must No Longer Rush At Them Sep 17, 2022
Sep 10, 2022 Plotinus | Alone With Him Who is Alone, The Supreme Goal of Souls, Beauty Face to Face Sep 10, 2022
Sep 3, 2022 Plotinus | We Must Ascend to the Good Sep 3, 2022

August 2022

Aug 20, 2022 Small Steps Aug 20, 2022
Aug 12, 2022 Introvertive and Extrovertive "Mystical Experience" Aug 12, 2022

July 2022

Jul 20, 2022 Dreams Jul 20, 2022

June 2022

Jun 18, 2022 William Johnston | The Nothing is All, Emptiness is Fullness, The Void is Plentitude Jun 18, 2022

May 2022

May 25, 2022 The Zen Ox Herding Pictures May 25, 2022
May 13, 2022 Zen Thoughts | Thomas Merton May 13, 2022
May 7, 2022 Zen Thoughts | Philip Kapleau May 7, 2022

April 2022

Apr 22, 2022 Zen Thoughts | D.T. Suzuki Apr 22, 2022
Apr 13, 2022 Spiritual Goals Apr 13, 2022
Apr 8, 2022 Zen Thoughts | Norman Fischer Apr 8, 2022
Apr 1, 2022 Zen Thoughts | Katsuki Sekida Apr 1, 2022

March 2022

Mar 20, 2022 Zen Thoughts | Dogen Mar 20, 2022
Mar 9, 2022 Zen Thoughts | Hui-Neng Mar 9, 2022
Mar 2, 2022 Zen Thoughts | Bodhidharma Mar 2, 2022

February 2022

Feb 9, 2022 Zen Pages Updated Feb 9, 2022

January 2022

Jan 21, 2022 The Atman Dancing With The Atman Jan 21, 2022
Jan 12, 2022 A (Possible) Definition of Spirituality Jan 12, 2022

December 2021

Dec 17, 2021 Leaving a Religious System Dec 17, 2021
Dec 12, 2021 Center Yourself in the Atman Dec 12, 2021

November 2021

Nov 28, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | The Reception of Guests Nov 28, 2021
Nov 25, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | Daily Manual Labor Nov 25, 2021
Nov 21, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | Monks and Private Ownership Nov 21, 2021
Nov 18, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | Excommunication Nov 18, 2021
Nov 14, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | Let Us At Least Agree To Drink Moderately Nov 14, 2021
Nov 11, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | The Divine Office, Liturgy of the Hours Nov 11, 2021
Nov 7, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | Psalmody Nov 7, 2021
Nov 4, 2021 Day By Day Remind Yourself That You Are Going To Die Nov 4, 2021

October 2021

Oct 31, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | Restraint of Speech Oct 31, 2021
Oct 28, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | As Though Naturally Oct 28, 2021
Oct 24, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | The Tools of the Spiritual Craft Oct 24, 2021
Oct 21, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | The Abbot Oct 21, 2021
Oct 17, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | Prologue: The Labor of Obedience Oct 17, 2021
Oct 14, 2021 Rule of St. Benedict | Intro Oct 14, 2021
Oct 8, 2021 Whatever You Know Is Just Words Oct 8, 2021

September 2021

Sep 19, 2021 The Experience of Time in a Poustinia Sep 19, 2021
Sep 16, 2021 Poustinia | Hunger for Silence, Adapting Old to New Sep 16, 2021
Sep 12, 2021 Poustinia | Pilgrims of the Absolute Sep 12, 2021
Sep 9, 2021 Poustinia | There is But One Tragedy Sep 9, 2021
Sep 5, 2021 Poustinia and Poustinik Sep 5, 2021

August 2021

Aug 2, 2021 Practice Becomes Established Aug 2, 2021

July 2021

Jul 4, 2021 Either/Or Jul 4, 2021

June 2021

Jun 5, 2021 Spiritual Training Jun 5, 2021

May 2021

May 26, 2021 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on Mystical/Unitive Experience May 26, 2021
May 2, 2021 The Goal of Meditation May 2, 2021

April 2021

Apr 17, 2021 Samsara as a Succession of Opportunities Apr 17, 2021
Apr 10, 2021 Edwin Bryant on The Relevance of the Bhagavad Gita Apr 10, 2021
Apr 3, 2021 Meditation as Defragmentation or Right Ordering Apr 3, 2021

March 2021

Mar 27, 2021 Head Bowing Mar 27, 2021
Mar 22, 2021 Siddhis Mar 22, 2021
Mar 20, 2021 Apophthegmata Patrum | Abba Moses: "Go Sit in Your Cell" Mar 20, 2021
Mar 13, 2021 Apophthegmata Patrum | Asking to Hear a Word Mar 13, 2021
Mar 6, 2021 Apophthegmata Patrum | Longinus: If You Have Not Lived Rightly With Men Mar 6, 2021

February 2021

Feb 27, 2021 Apophthegmata Patrum | John the Dwarf: Acquire Every Virtue Feb 27, 2021
Feb 20, 2021 Cenobitic vs. Eremitic Monasticism Feb 20, 2021
Feb 6, 2021 The Guest House Feb 6, 2021

January 2021

Jan 30, 2021 Nothing Left of Me Jan 30, 2021
Jan 25, 2021 Love Jan 25, 2021
Jan 23, 2021 Apophthegmata Patrum | Theodore of Pherme and Nisterus: Everything You Do As A Commandment Of God Is The Work of the Soul Jan 23, 2021
Jan 20, 2021 A Short Description of Apophatic Practice, Sometimes Termed "Contemplation," by St. John of the Cross Jan 20, 2021
Jan 16, 2021 Apophthegmata Patrum | Bessarion: On Not Comparing Jan 16, 2021
Jan 9, 2021 Apophthegmata Patrum | Anthony the Great: "If I Bend My Bow So Much" Jan 9, 2021
Jan 1, 2021 Apophthegmata Patrum | Agathon: Too Much Asceticism Jan 1, 2021

December 2020

Dec 26, 2020 Apophthegmata Patrum | Asceticism as a Vow to Seek God Dec 26, 2020
Dec 19, 2020 Apophthegmata Patrum | Andrew: These Things Are Appropriate For A Monk Dec 19, 2020
Dec 12, 2020 Apophthegmata Patrum | Anthony the Great, The Desert Fathers, and Asceticism Dec 12, 2020
Dec 5, 2020 Apophthegmata Patrum | "Sayings of the Fathers" Dec 5, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 Hugh Jackman | TM and Dedicating Actions to the Service of the Absolute Dec 1, 2020

November 2020

Nov 28, 2020 Retreats Nov 28, 2020
Nov 25, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: New Life Nov 25, 2020
Nov 18, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: When Our Lord Brings The Soul Into This Mansion Nov 18, 2020
Nov 16, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: Seventh Mansion, Nothing But Water Nov 16, 2020
Nov 12, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: Locutions Nov 12, 2020
Nov 10, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: Prayer of Union Changing Silkworm to Butterfly Nov 10, 2020
Nov 6, 2020 The Age of Noise Nov 6, 2020
Nov 4, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: Certainty of Union Nov 4, 2020

October 2020

Oct 25, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: Prayer of Quiet/Consolations – Water from the Source Oct 25, 2020
Oct 23, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: I Began to Think of the Soul Oct 23, 2020
Oct 17, 2020 Little Flashes Oct 17, 2020
Oct 13, 2020 St. Teresa of Avila | Interior Castle: Introduction Oct 13, 2020
Oct 13, 2020 In Praise of Suffering Oct 13, 2020
Oct 1, 2020 On Not Turning Back Oct 1, 2020

July 2020

Jul 23, 2020 Practice Jul 23, 2020
Jul 17, 2020 Purity of Heart | Final Thoughts Jul 17, 2020
Jul 16, 2020 Purity of Heart Reflections | What I Need to Give Up Jul 16, 2020
Jul 15, 2020 Purity of Heart Reflections | Anxiety as a Reminder Jul 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020 Let the Atman Rule Jul 15, 2020
Jul 8, 2020 Purity of Heart Reflections | The Higher Self as a Mode of Being Jul 8, 2020
Jul 4, 2020 Purity of Heart | Conclusion: Man and The Eternal Jul 4, 2020
Jul 3, 2020 Purity of Heart | What Then Must I Do? Live As An Individual Jul 3, 2020

June 2020

Jun 29, 2020 Purity of Heart | The Price of Willing One Thing and the Exposure of Evasions Jun 29, 2020
Jun 28, 2020 Turning to the Mystics Jun 28, 2020
Jun 27, 2020 The New Cosmic Story | The Story is Not Over Jun 27, 2020
Jun 26, 2020 The New Cosmic Story | Religious Inclination Jun 26, 2020
Jun 25, 2020 Beginner's Mind Jun 25, 2020
Jun 24, 2020 One-Pointedness Jun 24, 2020
Jun 23, 2020 Ministry of Presence Jun 23, 2020
Jun 22, 2020 Establish a Relationship with the Highest Thing You Can Conceive Of Jun 22, 2020
Jun 6, 2020 Eknath Easwaran | Description of Atman and Brahman Jun 6, 2020
Jun 6, 2020 All This is Verily Brahman Jun 6, 2020
Jun 4, 2020 The Self Reveals Itself to Itself by Itself Jun 4, 2020
Jun 3, 2020 Situations Jun 3, 2020

May 2020

May 31, 2020 St. John of the Cross | Even If The Whole World Were Thrown Into Confusion May 31, 2020
May 23, 2020 Monk Days May 23, 2020
May 17, 2020 Purity of Heart | Summary of Barriers May 17, 2020
May 16, 2020 Means and End May 16, 2020
May 15, 2020 Separation | Union May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020 Make Your Meditation Uncool May 15, 2020
May 14, 2020 Your Path Chooses You May 14, 2020
May 12, 2020 Purity of Heart | Barriers to Willing One Thing: Commitment to a Certain Degree May 12, 2020
May 6, 2020 Purity of Heart | Barriers to Willing One Thing: Egocentric Service of the Good May 6, 2020
May 2, 2020 Faith Shift May 2, 2020

April 2020

Apr 29, 2020 Purity of Heart | Barriers to Willing One Thing: Willing Out of Fear of Punishment Apr 29, 2020
Apr 25, 2020 Purity of Heart | A Natural Reward of Willing the Good Apr 25, 2020
Apr 18, 2020 Purity of Heart | Barriers to Willing One Thing: The Reward-Disease Apr 18, 2020
Apr 15, 2020 Single-Mindedness | Achieving Simplicity Apr 15, 2020
Apr 14, 2020 Jordan B. Peterson's Biblical Lectures Apr 14, 2020
Apr 10, 2020 Purity of Heart | Barriers to Willing One Thing: Variety and Great Moments Are Not One Thing Apr 10, 2020
Apr 8, 2020 Purity of Heart | Remorse, Repentance, Confession: Eternity’s Emissaries to Man Apr 8, 2020
Apr 4, 2020 Purity of Heart | Introduction: Man and the Eternal Apr 4, 2020
Apr 1, 2020 Kierkegaard Introduction and the "Knight of Faith" Apr 1, 2020

March 2020

Mar 28, 2020 Purity of Heart Series Mar 28, 2020
Mar 27, 2020 Thomas Merton | A Ground of Silence Mar 27, 2020
Mar 21, 2020 Om is the Bow Mar 21, 2020
Mar 13, 2020 They Never Rule Over Him Mar 13, 2020
Mar 6, 2020 Thomas Merton | Being Ourselves Mar 6, 2020

February 2020

Feb 14, 2020 The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness Feb 14, 2020
Feb 7, 2020 The Mount of Purgatory Feb 7, 2020

January 2020

Jan 30, 2020 Alone in a Dark Wood Jan 30, 2020
Jan 7, 2020 The Man Who Was Thursday, Job, and The Problem of Evil Jan 7, 2020
Jan 6, 2020 Jesus as Apocalyptic Prophet in the Gospel of Matthew Jan 6, 2020

December 2019

Dec 29, 2019 Luminous Dusk | Soldiers Dec 29, 2019
Dec 28, 2019 Effects and Interpretation Dec 28, 2019
Dec 26, 2019 Life As It Is Dec 26, 2019
Dec 23, 2019 Thomas Merton | Passive Prayer Dec 23, 2019
Dec 5, 2019 Thomas Merton | Starting From Being Dec 5, 2019

November 2019

Nov 20, 2019 Thomas Merton | Disposition to Humility and Pliability Nov 20, 2019
Nov 2, 2019 Thomas Merton | Brothers and Sisters Nov 2, 2019
Nov 2, 2019 Thomas Merton | Meditation to Contemplation in the Catholic Tradition Nov 2, 2019

October 2019

Oct 18, 2019 Thomas Merton | Always Beginners Oct 18, 2019
Oct 5, 2019 Thomas Merton | Darkness and Light Oct 5, 2019

September 2019

Sep 21, 2019 Thomas Merton | Flowering in the Desert Sep 21, 2019
Sep 13, 2019 Thomas Merton | Face to Face with the Sham Sep 13, 2019
Sep 7, 2019 Thomas Merton | Contemplative Prayer Series Sep 7, 2019

April 2019

Apr 19, 2019 So Long as This is a Genuine Life Process and Not an Intellectual Speculation Apr 19, 2019
Apr 19, 2019 From Self to No-Self Apr 19, 2019
Apr 6, 2019 Contemplative Practice as Service Apr 6, 2019

March 2019

Mar 30, 2019 The Historical Jesus | Conclusion Mar 30, 2019
Mar 23, 2019 The Historical Jesus | Historical Jesus Conclusions and Religious Pluralism Mar 23, 2019
Mar 15, 2019 The Historical Jesus | The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith Mar 15, 2019
Mar 9, 2019 The Historical Jesus | Case Study, The Eschatological Discourse Mar 9, 2019
Mar 2, 2019 The Historical Jesus | Methodology Mar 2, 2019

February 2019

Feb 23, 2019 The Historical Jesus | Gospel of John vs. Synoptics Feb 23, 2019
Feb 16, 2019 Reza Aslan | Jesus the Political Revolutionary Feb 16, 2019
Feb 10, 2019 Theology Feb 10, 2019
Feb 9, 2019 John Dominic Crossan | Jesus the Cynic Philosopher Feb 9, 2019

January 2019

Jan 25, 2019 The Historical Jesus | Summaries From Scholars Who Accept "The Apocalyptic Jesus" Jan 25, 2019
Jan 19, 2019 Allison's Conclusion Jan 19, 2019
Jan 12, 2019 Dale Allison | The Apocalyptic Jesus Jan 12, 2019
Jan 1, 2019 Comparing Wright and Borg Jan 1, 2019

December 2018

Dec 28, 2018 Marcus Borg | The Wisdom Jesus Dec 28, 2018
Dec 22, 2018 N.T. Wright | The Orthodox Jesus Dec 22, 2018
Dec 15, 2018 The Historical Jesus Series Dec 15, 2018
Dec 7, 2018 Pete Enns on So Many Things Relevant to Modern Christianity Dec 7, 2018
Dec 1, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | Final Thoughts Dec 1, 2018

November 2018

Nov 22, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | Living Within a Religious Tradition Nov 22, 2018
Nov 17, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | What We Don't Need to Know Nov 17, 2018
Nov 7, 2018 Vocation as "Something You Can't Not Do" Nov 7, 2018
Nov 3, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | The Profile of a Saint Nov 3, 2018

October 2018

Oct 27, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | The Criterion of Authentic Religious Experience Oct 27, 2018
Oct 18, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | The Religious Meaning of Life Oct 18, 2018
Oct 9, 2018 Marcus Borg | Seeing Religions Again Oct 9, 2018
Oct 6, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | Religious Critical Realism Oct 6, 2018

September 2018

Sep 29, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | Windows on the Transcendent Sep 29, 2018
Sep 22, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | The Ambiguity of the Universe Sep 22, 2018
Sep 15, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | Naturalism as Today's Starting Point Sep 15, 2018
Sep 8, 2018 John Hick on Transcendent Reality and Religious Pluralism | The Axial Age and Development of Religious Traditions Sep 8, 2018

August 2018

Aug 25, 2018 Progressive Christians and Loneliness Aug 25, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 Singing Your Prayers Aug 21, 2018
Aug 18, 2018 Psychedelics and Mystical Experience Aug 18, 2018
Aug 11, 2018 Dangerous Mystic | Eckhart as "Patron Saint" of the Perennial Movement? Aug 11, 2018
Aug 4, 2018 Dangerous Mystic | Place Yourself in Darkness and in Unknowing Aug 4, 2018

July 2018

Jul 27, 2018 Dangerous Mystic | Man Reaches The Peak Of His Knowledge of God When He Realizes That He Does Not Know Him Jul 27, 2018
Jul 25, 2018 We Do Not Know Ourselves Jul 25, 2018
Jul 21, 2018 Dangerous Mystic | A Right State Jul 21, 2018
Jul 15, 2018 Dangerous Mystic Jul 15, 2018
Jul 8, 2018 Limit Your Screentime Jul 8, 2018
Jul 8, 2018 Spiritual Practice and Anxiety Jul 8, 2018
Jul 4, 2018 Schools of Buddhism Jul 4, 2018

June 2018

Jun 25, 2018 Joseph Goldstein on Vipassana Meditation Jun 25, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 St. John of the Cross and Buddhism Jun 24, 2018
Jun 23, 2018 Restless and Diffuse Jun 23, 2018
Jun 18, 2018 Her Jun 18, 2018
Jun 16, 2018 A Poisoned Arrow Jun 16, 2018
Jun 9, 2018 The Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path Reflection | Desires Extinguished or Non-Attachment to Desire? Jun 9, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Noble Path Reflections | Non-Attachment to People Jun 5, 2018
Jun 1, 2018 The Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Noble Path Reflections | Spiritual Practice as Part of a Wider Path Jun 1, 2018

May 2018

May 26, 2018 The Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path Reflections | It's Complicated May 26, 2018
May 22, 2018 The Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path Reflections | Forming Yourself vs. Being Formed May 22, 2018
May 20, 2018 The Eightfold Noble Path | Summary Text May 20, 2018

April 2018

Apr 29, 2018 The Eightfold Noble Path | Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Meditation Apr 29, 2018
Apr 22, 2018 The Eightfold Noble Path | Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood Apr 22, 2018
Apr 14, 2018 The Eightfold Noble Path | Right View, Right Intention Apr 14, 2018
Apr 7, 2018 The Four Noble Truths Apr 7, 2018

March 2018

Mar 31, 2018 Non-Attachment vs. Stoicism Mar 31, 2018
Mar 24, 2018 The Contemplative Life and Working Out Mar 24, 2018

January 2018

Jan 14, 2018 A Great Tragedy Jan 14, 2018
Jan 7, 2018 Viktor Frankl on Reductionism Jan 7, 2018

December 2017

Dec 31, 2017 The Mystics are Boring Dec 31, 2017
Dec 24, 2017 Real Simplicity Dec 24, 2017
Dec 17, 2017 Doubled Awareness Dec 17, 2017
Dec 1, 2017 The Pali Canon Dec 1, 2017

November 2017

Nov 26, 2017 David Frenette on The Path of Centering Prayer Nov 26, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 Cynthia Bourgeault on The Heart of Centering Prayer Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 The Dark Night | Book 2, The Passive Night of the Spirit Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 The Dark Night | Aside – God as a Transforming Fire Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 The Dark Night | Book One, The Passive Night of the Senses Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 The Ascent of Mount Carmel | Aside – St. John's Description of Union with God Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 Appeal to God as a Solution to The Absurd Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 Opportunity to Support the Site Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 The Ascent of Mount Carmel | Books Two and Three, The Active Night of the Spirit Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 The Ascent of Mount Carmel | Book One, The Active Night of the Senses Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 The Ascent of Mount Carmel | St. John's Sketch of the Mount Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 Ascent of Mount Carmel | Fired With Love's Urgent Longings Nov 19, 2017

August 2017

Aug 18, 2017 Self-Will vs. Ego Aug 18, 2017

June 2017

Jun 12, 2017 Seyyed Hossein Nasr | In The Beginning Was Consciousness Jun 12, 2017

May 2017

May 27, 2017 James Cutsinger on The Perennial Philosophy May 27, 2017
May 20, 2017 Shinzen Young on World Mysticism May 20, 2017
May 12, 2017 Self-Actualization Is Only A Side-Effect May 12, 2017

April 2017

Apr 29, 2017 The Liturgists on "The Voice of God" Apr 29, 2017
Apr 23, 2017 Recaptured Apr 23, 2017
Apr 16, 2017 The Bhagavad Gita | Two Paths Apr 16, 2017

March 2017

Mar 29, 2017 Progressive Christian Writers, Bloggers, and Podcasters Mar 29, 2017
Mar 18, 2017 The Bhagavad Gita | The Practice of Meditation Mar 18, 2017
Mar 11, 2017 The Bhagavad Gita | Karma Yoga Mar 11, 2017

February 2017

Feb 28, 2017 The Bhagavad Gita | Fettered No More by Selfish Attachments Feb 28, 2017
Feb 11, 2017 The Historical Christ and The Theological Jesus Review Feb 11, 2017
Feb 4, 2017 The Luminous Dusk | Heroes Feb 4, 2017

January 2017

Jan 28, 2017 The Luminous Dusk | The Bible Jan 28, 2017
Jan 21, 2017 The Luminous Dusk | Silence Jan 21, 2017
Jan 14, 2017 Yoga and the Quest for the True Self Review Jan 14, 2017
Jan 7, 2017 The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali | Siddhis Jan 7, 2017

December 2016

Dec 26, 2016 The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali | The Eight Limbs of Yoga Dec 26, 2016
Dec 18, 2016 The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali | Practice and Dispassion Dec 18, 2016
Dec 11, 2016 Grandma Dec 11, 2016

November 2016

Nov 23, 2016 The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali | The Goal of Yoga Nov 23, 2016
Nov 19, 2016 The Cloud of Unknowing and Book of Privy Counseling | Thought Unified in Him Who is All Nov 19, 2016
Nov 11, 2016 The Cloud of Unknowing | No Moderation Nov 11, 2016
Nov 2, 2016 The Cloud of Unknowing | Let That Mysterious Grace Move Nov 2, 2016

October 2016

Oct 23, 2016 What's Wrong With Mindfulness Review Oct 23, 2016
Oct 22, 2016 The Cloud of Unknowing | A Cloud of Forgetting Oct 22, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 The Cloud of Unknowing | Contemplative Work of the Spirit Oct 19, 2016
Oct 8, 2016 Ecce Homo and Nietzsche's Freedom Oct 8, 2016

September 2016

Sep 25, 2016 Katsuki Sekida's Four Types of Samadhi | #4 Neither Man nor Circumstances are Deprived Sep 25, 2016
Sep 22, 2016 Ten Thousand Commandments Sep 22, 2016
Sep 17, 2016 Victor Frankl on Meaning Sep 17, 2016
Sep 10, 2016 Katsuki Sekida's Four Types of Samadhi | #3 Both Man and Circumstances are Deprived Sep 10, 2016

August 2016

Aug 27, 2016 Katsuki Sekida's Four Types of Samadhi | #2 Circumstances are Deprived; Man is Not Deprived Aug 27, 2016
Aug 13, 2016 Katsuki Sekida's Four Types of Samadhi | #1 Man is Deprived; Circumstances are Not Deprived Aug 13, 2016
Aug 10, 2016 Thomas Keating's False Self Aug 10, 2016
Aug 4, 2016 The Path of Shinzen Young Aug 4, 2016

July 2016

Jul 31, 2016 Salvation over Philosophy Jul 31, 2016
Jul 26, 2016 The "Super-Meaning" of Life Jul 26, 2016
Jul 21, 2016 Shinzen Young on Enlightenment Across Traditions Jul 21, 2016
Jul 17, 2016 I Want to Be Ready Jul 17, 2016
Jul 13, 2016 Edging Toward Enchantment Jul 13, 2016
Jul 10, 2016 Siddhartha Review Jul 10, 2016
Jul 4, 2016 Zen, Satori, and Mescaline Jul 4, 2016
Jul 1, 2016 Island Universes Jul 1, 2016
Jul 1, 2016 Thomas Keating and the Divine Therapy Jul 1, 2016

June 2016

Jun 28, 2016 Centering Prayer, TM, and Emotional Struggle Jun 28, 2016
Jun 26, 2016 Ever Feel Like You Just Can't Get Over Your Own Vanity? Jun 26, 2016
Jun 26, 2016 Agnostic Meditation Jun 26, 2016
Jun 25, 2016 Eknath Easwaran on the Perennial Philosophy Jun 25, 2016
Jun 25, 2016 The Perennial Philosophy Review Jun 25, 2016
Jun 12, 2016 A Sufi Initiation Jun 12, 2016
Jun 11, 2016 Kicking Things Off Jun 11, 2016