“Our experience seems to be governed by the law of linear time and linear causality and so it looks like things come to us from some place that doesn’t exist yet which we call the future.” Cynthia Bourgeault Beyond Linear Time: The Spatial Reality “When you get deeply...
Morning Intentions: A Tree in the Field
Alignment with Good distilled into morning intentions. A Tree in the Field Today I align with the Good that is present.I stand rooted within it.I allow what is true to radiate. I trust the fruit of this day to arise in its own moment. So be it.—...
Imaginal Selfhood
“The witnessing selfhood, or Imaginal selfhood, is of a lighter density: contained, non-identified, collected, balanced, and gathered.” Cynthia Bourgeault A Missing Name for Subtle Selfhood “There is a selfhood, just as there is subtle perception, there’s also subtle...
Gift of Tears
“The ‘gift of tears’ was always considered by the masters of Christian spirituality as a grace from the Holy Spirit.” Meditations on the Tarot The Gift of Tears: Divine Grace Made Manifest “Christian mysticism speaks also of the ‘gift of tears’—as a precious gift of...
Jacob Boehme: the Cosmic Shoemaker
“Jacob Boehme says the soul begins in the fire principle and as we are willing to submit to the alchemy of transformation, that's how something emerges.” Cynthia Bourgeault From Friction to Self-Perceptivity "What [Jacob Boehme] is calling anguish, if you took it down...
Finitude: Nightly Blessings
Nightly blessings from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault May you rest knowing the veil of your finitude is the form through which the infinite learns to touch,without consuming.May the bounded love you offered,pressed tight within the day's limits,have glowed more...
Vow of Poverty as Spiritual Foundation
“The vow of poverty is to live as much from the word which comes from the mouth of God as from the bread which enters the mouth of man.” Meditations on the Tarot The Foundation: True Poverty as Receptivity “The vow of poverty is the practice of inner emptiness, which...
Be Present: The Art of Showing Up
“If you say yes, if you show up, be present, you will be cared for and you will receive assistance, and your spiritual journey will unfold.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Fundamental Commitment “If you show up, you have a responsibility to be present. Choose what you show up...
One Small Lamp
A poem of Wisdom on the fullness of time, from teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault One Small LampThe InnocenceThe old man kneelsbefore the child of seven days.Before separation and belonging,before the long way home.The Outward JourneyTen steps out.Chronos ticks.The...
Ocean and Boat: a Consent Cycle
A simple life poem in the Consent Cycle series of Wisdom Poems Part 1: The Ocean's Consent May the vastness I am make space for the vessel you are. May I hold you without dissolving your shape, receive your weight, honor your heading. May my depths deepen...
Hammer and Dew
A collection of Wisdom Poetry for Daily Practice. A collection of nineteen poems, arranged for daily practice. Morning intentions to open the day. Cycles of consent to hold it. Evening benedictions to release it. Each poem has an accompanying audio reading. The full...










