Cynthia Bourgeault - The Contemplative Practice of Living from Good

Bearing the Beams of Love

“What may be called the ‘astral body’ is obtained by means of friction, by the struggle between yes and no in man.”...

“What if attention is the new form of time in the fourth dimension? That time gets converted into attention, which...

Time and consciousness, time and attention. “I’m more and more persuaded that attention is the new time in Gebser’s...

He who aspires to authentic spiritual experience never confounds the intensity of the experience with the truth that...

“The Quakers taught a practice of welcoming that inner light of conscience when it entered, standing still in it,...

Ora et Labora … no transformation without washed dishes! Ora et Labora: The Benedictine Foundation "It is humility...

The more that you have a truly humble spirit in the old monastic sense, the more you become free. “It's the gentle...

Those practicing lectio divina steep themselves in the words of a text, becoming one with them, lingering over them,...

Intellectual presence decreases our alertness to present moment awareness. “The whole work is based on extending the...

In the Wisdom way of service, “there isn't a my will and thy will. There is only one will, which you join.” Cynthia...

“Attention. That’s the most immediate form of what we call psychic energy. And will and love.” Cynthia Bourgeault...

“One of the spiritual practices which spiritual teachers teach over and over and over again is attention. It's the...