Living from Good
“Yeshua uprooted fear, which is the root of evil, the poisoner of our lives.” Gospel of Philip Good Does Not FightIgnorance grounded in confusionis the mother of evil.Hidden and unconsciousit coerces us.We do what we would not do.We cannot do what we would.Unable to...
From our collection of Wisdom Teachings and poems in song, from the Gospel of Philip. Become All ThingsWe have come from light at its source,children of the living fire,called forth from the deep of desire.Become all things,and never cease to be yourself.All who look...
Crafting poems as songs. From whatever words and phrases arrive during Lectio Divina. Tintern Abbey was founded in 1131, and inhabited by the Cistercian monks for 400 years until Henry VIII decided he didn’t like the monks and signed the Dissolution of Monasteries act...
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...
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...
"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...
A harmonic Impression on spiritual surrender to Divine permeation. The DyerThere is a dyerwhose Good dyes permeate.The color and the clothbecome one thing.I lower what I carryinto the only vat there is.Let the dye be genuine.Let it go all the way through.Whatever this...
From the sayings of Thomas: Humanity started poorly, on the path of division. But the path to unity is still open. There are five evergreen trees waiting in paradise. Wisdom for the WoundPrepare all things,energies that obeythe quiet truthof inner condition.Beneath...