Offering Yourself to the World
August 28th, 2009JanInterfaith
“The purpose of [Buddhist] meditation practice is not to become a good Buddhist … the purpose of meditation is to realize your self—to be more deeply in touch with who you truly are and have the courage, kindness and goodheartedness to offer yourself to the world—who you truly are.” (Edward Espe Brown, Zen Priest)
“What is Your Vision for ChI’s Role in the Interfaith Movement?”
March 27th, 2009JanInterfaithAmbassadors of Interfaith Diplomacy
A quickening of the spiritual metabolism
Re-visioning theological education
to serve our pluralistic world
The call of the Modern Mystic
A Spiritual Commons
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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
September 19th, 2009JanInterfaith
As my experience of the divine has evolved, I have sometimes found myself tongue-tied before God. My familiar childhood prayers no longer fit.
Midlife Mantra
September 30th, 2009JanInterfaithMaturity and growth do not end at adolescence. Throughout adulthood the process continues yet, there seem to be fewer and fewer opportunities to simply take note of life’s changing landscape. Unless markers are set and appreciated, days pass unnoticed, their significance lost.
Aging as a Transformation of Consciousness
September 11th, 2009JanInterfaith
"Osiris, Krishna, Buddha, Christ, will be shown as different means for one and the same royal highway of final bliss…All of us have to get rid of our own Ego, the illusory, apparent self, to recognize our true Self, in a transcendental divine life."
(The Maha Chohan)
"Return All to the Void": Quotes from "The Roots of Wisdom - Saikontan" by Hung Ying-ming
August 6th, 2009JanInterfaith1 Climbing to high elevations makes the heart expansive.
Looking out on flowing waters takes one’s thoughts far away.
2 Looking at the single shred of cloud or the crane in the field
Wakes one’s thoughts to transcendence.
