No Obligation
Thoughts arise and dissolve like clouds in the empty sky. You cannot grasp them, so why try? To realize that you are not under any obligation to believe in your thoughts is the dawning of freedom.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Jul 25, 2022 | Featured, Perspectives |
Thoughts arise and dissolve like clouds in the empty sky. You cannot grasp them, so why try? To realize that you are not under any obligation to believe in your thoughts is the dawning of freedom.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | May 9, 2022 | Featured, Spiritual Practice |
You can sweep up the dust of a thousand ruined civilizations in this breath. You can gather the ashes of your ancestors in this breath.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, Mysticism |
Mother Earth and Father Sky meet in the center of the human form. That is the purpose of our incarnation, to unite spirit and matter in a new creation. The diamond radiance that gushes from their union transforms the old duality of flesh and spirit into one substance: the substance of Glory.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured, Perspectives |
You don’t need to be a rosy-soft new-age angel in order to meditate.
You don’t need to sip liquified kale, live in an ashram, or be politically correct, in order to tap the infinite Source.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Sep 27, 2021 | Featured, Perspectives |
Empty space is awake. It is vibrant. It is creative intelligence. The transcendent is immanent in each speck of dust.
Read MoreThe Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.