I wonder if that separation is what first aroused his thirst. I wonder whether from the window he longed for the teeming, reckless, beautiful, extravagant world below—crawling with insects, bursting with flowers, everything flashing in the sun and rustling in the breeze. Maybe his architecture was a way of abolishing that early distance.
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Heaven was an experience more than it was a place. I felt an overwhelming sense of love that penetrated every fiber of my being.
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Prayer rituals and meditation can help us reach those higher, more advanced levels of self-awareness and consciousness—and literally change our brain.
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The Big Bird, that’s what I call the Holy Ghost, the one who comes with wings and tongue of fire. The One, the Mercy Sisters taught me long ago, whose Pentecost arrival brings the gifts of light and sacred speech. As I age, I am ever more hungry for the gifts of the Big Bird. I hunger for light. I want to hear God speak.
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I arrive in Kyoto during the Bon Festival as tiny boats with candles are launched along the Kamo...
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The 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.