Living from Good
Wisdom teachings in audio format. Primarily poetry in the form of benedictions, morning intentions, or consent cycles.
A consent cycle on alignment with truth and grace OrientationGrace is already here. Freely given.Truth comes after, and something steadies.Life can be met as it is.I can see clearly.Morning AlignmentThis morning I receive before I strive. I let grace come first.I stop...
“Giving and receiving: God speaks to man. Receiving and giving, man speaks to God … serving the cosmological function.” Cynthia Bourgeault Opening Invitation Logion 21Miriam said,"Then tell us, Master, what your students are like.How would you describe them?"He...
A Consent Cycle series of poetry on wisdom OrientationThe field is here. Am I tuned?Thought, feeling, body— gathered.Coherence appears.The Good waits for consent. Morning AlignmentThis morning I settle. I let the centers agree.I bring what I have, as I am.I offer this...
Teachings revolving around the Unjust Steward Parable, from the Gospels of Thomas and Philip. What is Your Own Hold what is your own,and more will be given.The acorn’s tree is offered freely,as the smallest carries the whole.Become small,and know,treasures are heldin...
Teachings on be presence from Cynthia Bourgeault and the Gospel of Thomas Morning Intention: Without Outcome The outcome is hidden.The day, unmade.Aim for the highest you can see—then open your hands.Come into beingas you pass away.Show up. Work.Stay here, in this...
Four elements of human harvest: faith, hope, love … and conscience. Elements of HarvestThe earth receives what is given, holding without knowing what stirs beneath the dark. Thirst is older than the rain. The body opens before the water comes. We have always been...
Crafting a song in poetry, from whatever words and phrases arrive during Lectio Divina. Still Eye of BeholdingSee and perceive great wonders.Those who see the sundo not become the sun.See the everlasting reality —become like it.If you know the Breath,you are the...
Teachings from the Gospels of Thomas and Philip on ripening and coming into being. Here for RipeningThere is a season of unripe fruit. Unclarified, unfinished, still incoherent.After the tilling, the sowing, the waiting,harvest comes.We are here for ripeningWhat...
An evening benediction on poverty in spirit from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault Richness of Poverty in Spirit May you settle tonight into the quiet borders of your own being, receiving your finitude as the veil that holds the paradise you seek.May you trust that...
"When the heart is aligned with its eternal image, abundance cascades forth from that place of origin.” Cynthia Bourgeault Guardian AngelineLuminous cloud of maternal love, breath of ascent and descent, faithful ally of the Origin. Every soul has one. Let our...
The Gospel of Philip carries a teaching so old: that death entered the world through separation, and that the wound at the origin of things heals only through union. Philip calls it the bridal chamber. Voices circling from different centuries, different forms,...
A daily poem from the Wisdom teachings of Valentin Tomberg Effort and Grace: a Consent CycleOrientation Grace falls like rain on open ground.Effort is the sash lifted,the curtain billowing. Two currents meet—one rising from below, one descending from above.Wings...