Lectio Harmonia I offer the term ‘Lectio Harmonia’ to describe a contemplative practice of discovering resonance among Wisdom teachings. In Greek philosophy, Harmonia referred to the underlying order and unity of the cosmos—the patterns that connect apparently...
My personal exploration of Wisdom spirituality. May 2024 There is a sense that life is like a Parable or a Gospel of Thomas Logion or Desert Saying—these ancient forms that were meant to deliver Wisdom through different levels of meaning and truth. There is the lower...
The Practice of Being Still "♪ ♪ Stillness, deep deep within us. In small beginnings it flows into the living waters. The ocean of God, through our stillness, God moves. ♪ ♪ " Paulette Meier "And so through our stillness, through our joy may stillness move,...
“The rule of every serious esotericist should be to be silent—often for a length of years—concerning every new spiritual illumination.” Will-to-Serve “The will-to-serve underlies the fundamental Hermetic attitude. Instead of putting forward the hand to take, the human...
“It's the chance to play beyond your death in the Communion of Saints and still be a conscious participant. The demand for compassion remains unbroken throughout the realms.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Nature of Sainthood "Saints live the light, warmth and life of heaven....
A Morning Intention from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault In this hour between darkness and dawn, when the shell fractures and new life pushes into light, grant me eyes to see the breaking-through as well as the breaking.Let trust recognize the birth...
A modern benediction in the age of AI dawning May you honor the longingthat cast your questions into light,trusting answers foundwere more than mere calculation.May you recognize ancient transmission,flowing now through new wires—timeless willingness of light,filling...
Yeshua speaks of spiritual alignment with the field of Good I write this in the season of Advent 2025. Awareness of collapse is accelerating. Almost nothing is left but acceptance of what might be emerging. In this season, I return to my faithful friend: alignment...
a poem of Wisdom from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault I take up the shards of this new day. I accept the constraints that hold me together. I offer this shape to the Original Light. I stand ready for the radiance to shine through. Logion 29Yeshua says...If flesh...
An advent benediction based on the teachings of Valentin Tomberg. From Athens to Jerusalem: An Advent Benediction It is December in the soul,this deepening season of long shadows.We had accounted for everything in Athens.The music of the spheres was written down,the...
“Every breath you take is the breath of God.” Cynthia Bourgeault quoting Father Theophane, The Wisdom Jesus, p 162. Cosmic Dialysis Through Breathing “The willingness to breathe in the pain of all creation either specifically or generally and breathe out blessing, yes...
Night Prayers for Sacred Servants May you rest, knowing your faithful inner work today rippled through consciousness you cannot see.May the moments of presence, choosing love over fear, and small acts of forgiveness serve the healing of the whole.May you trust:...
The single eye unites two ways of seeing: the inner eye gazing into eternity and the outer eye engaging worldly wonders, creating unity of vision. "The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light; but if thine...