“Unless you cancel your debts, nothing in you can grow. It is said in the Lord's Prayer: ‘Forgive us our debts as we...
Forgive Our Debtors
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Non-Identifying
The practice of inner freedom from emotional reactions and mechanical patterns of thought.
Worry
What is Worry? “Every time you say ‘I am so worried,’ you give energy to it. You should not speak your worry.” Maurice...
Sacrifice
“Spiritual sacrifice means to make holy. Make holy means to make whole.” Cynthia Bourgeault Three Sacred Vows...
Humility
“Spiritual humility is the capacity for the exchange with your environment. … it’s the capacity for creative exchange...
Benediction: Stand Still in the Light
A Wisdom poem from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault Benediction: Stand Still in the Light When you find yourself...
Compassion and Mercy
“God made you to be a precious cog in the wheel of enormous dynamism of compassion and mercy. You receive, you give.”...
Stand Firm, Stand Still
“Stand firm, do not bend, is exactly what the tradition is talking about when they say surrender.” Cynthia Bourgeault...
The Passions
"The passions divide the heart. They render it incapable of reflecting the cosmic heart.” Cynthia Bourgeault...
Identification
"Identifying is the greatest enemy that we have to overcome. It is through being always identified that we are kept...
Into Another Intensity
He who aspires to authentic spiritual experience never confounds the intensity of the experience with the truth that...
Humble Spirit
The more that you have a truly humble spirit in the old monastic sense, the more you become free. “It's the gentle...
Attention in the Heart
“Attention in the heart, in the great tradition of Orthodox Hesychasm, praying from the heart.” Cynthia...