“Before every session I take a moment to remember my humanity. There is no experience that this person has that I cannot share with him, no fear that I cannot understand, no suffering that I cannot care about, because I too am human.
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Ego Climbing and Selfless Climbing
From Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: “To the trained eye ego-climbing an selfless climbing may appear identical. Both kinds of climbers place one foot in…… Read more “Ego Climbing and Selfless Climbing”
Beautiful words from Joanna Macy and Matthew Fox
"The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.... All is registered in the "boundless heart" of the bodhisattva. Through our deepest and innermost responses to… Read more "Beautiful words from Joanna Macy and Matthew Fox"
The Celtic Hearth – epicenter of community and spirituality
Traditionally, the hearth is a site where the Celtic family gathers for both physical nourishment (for cooking and eating) and for spiritual nourishment (in the form of story telling, spiritual teaching, prayer, and healing). It is widely understood in the Celtic world that the hearth is a sacred place. It is a practical, yet spiritual, epicenter of Celtic culture. What are your hearth experiences?
Spirituality and mystery – J. Steven Harper
Western theology tends to minimize mystery and maximize analysis. If we are not careful, we lose the sense of the sacred which must always attend the theological task... We are dealing with a mystery too large for our minds or our pens. The preservation of a sense of holiness and reverence about all this is something we dare not lose. To do so would be to turn spirituality into something more akin to an element than an encounter.
Nathan Bettger | Oshkosh, WI 