The Center for Contemplative Practice
A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality
Tag: consciousness
A PRIVATE RETREAT FOR CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS, JEWS, MUSLIMS, ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, POLITICIANS, PROCTOLOGISTS,OR NONE OF THE ABOVE.
Wait a month, then perform this next iteration of the Private Retreat. Week Two of the Private Retreat: Week One focused on the questions each human must ask and answer to expand their consciousness of the purpose of life. If you notice, each person… Continue Reading “A PRIVATE RETREAT FOR CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS, JEWS, MUSLIMS, ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, POLITICIANS, PROCTOLOGISTS,OR NONE OF THE ABOVE.”
DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE PRESENCE OF LOVE IN THREE UNIVERSES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MY CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THE MOVEMENT WITHIN ALPHA AND OMEGA THAT LINKS ME TO THE THREE UNIVERSES OF ONE REALITY–LOVE In my spiritual odessy, one that is uniquely mine, and based solely on those lessons learned from making many grevious mistakes and false assumptions about what is love,… Continue Reading “DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE PRESENCE OF LOVE IN THREE UNIVERSES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MY CATHOLIC CHURCH.”
DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE REALITY OF MYSTERY IN THREE UNIVERSES.
The third constant that permeates all three universes is that of mystery. Mystery, as I define it, is the unknown yet knowable part of reality in the physical, mental, and spiritual universes. It is the unknown part of reality, just beyond reason and our… Continue Reading “DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE REALITY OF MYSTERY IN THREE UNIVERSES.”
WHY HUMAN SEXUALITY NEEDS DIVINE BOUNDARIES
Sexuality is one of those topics that I grew up with but never understood in terms of how and why it is so crucial to who I am and how it helps me grow into the deepest part of what it means to be… Continue Reading “WHY HUMAN SEXUALITY NEEDS DIVINE BOUNDARIES”
A LAY CISTERCIAN SHARES HIS STRUGGLES WITH THOSE WHO ARE PUSSILANIMOUS
Life is a process, so it stands to reason that, my Lay Cistercian Way is also subject to those same tendencies to live life just a tad before what is happening now. This trend takes much of its direction from the milieu in which… Continue Reading “A LAY CISTERCIAN SHARES HIS STRUGGLES WITH THOSE WHO ARE PUSSILANIMOUS”
COMMON SENSE CATHOLICISM: Random thoughts from the edge of time.
One thing is for sure: if you get too close to the edge of time, you may fall off. Granted that I am just a bit peculiar and have not lost it (entirely), I would like to share with you some seemingly disjointed ideas… Continue Reading “COMMON SENSE CATHOLICISM: Random thoughts from the edge of time.”
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