Gospel of Thomas - The Contemplative Practice of Living from Good

Ora et Labora

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...

“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...

Logion 8, the parable of the net full of small fishes, and hidden among these is one large, exceptional fish. A ‘B...

Spiritual intuition results from the intimate and profound alliance of intelligence and spontaneous wisdom. “Time, all...

"Whenever we remember ourselves in the mechanical sense by remembering our miseries and suffering, we are like Lot's...

“Attention in the heart, in the great tradition of Orthodox Hesychasm, praying from the heart.” Cynthia...

“We don't distinguish clearly enough in our parlance today between sensing, emotion and feeling." Cynthia Bourgeault...

Practice inner separation from life in order to see higher truths “As regards this isolation from life that I spoke...