Between the Notes: The Gift of Silence and Stillness

Between the Notes: The Gift of Silence and Stillness

Sheryl Chard, Grateful Living Silence and its close ally stillness are paradoxical sources of life, beauty, and vibrancy. Br. David Steindl-Rast describes silence as something “not only as perceived by the ears, but also a quietness of the heart, a lucid stillness...
Our Cosmic Context

Our Cosmic Context

In her book Race and the Cosmos, Dr. Barbara Holmes expands the quest for justice and liberation to a cosmic level.    Excerpted from  https://cac.org/daily-meditations/our-cosmic-context/ Any community that we construct on Earth will be only a small model of a...
Raising World Consciousness

Raising World Consciousness

Note: In recent years Pierre very often spoke and wrote about the great and urgent need to raise the level of individual and collective consciousness if we are to effectively handle/heal the many crises that plague our material world.  The blessing below, from 365...
Being Judgemental

Being Judgemental

Eckhart Tolle (excerpt) “It is impossible to bless and to judge at the same time. So hold constantly as a deep, hallowed, intoned thought that desire to bless, for truly then shall you become a peacemaker, and one day you shall, everywhere, behold the very face...
Seeing and Holding in Love

Seeing and Holding in Love

In the same waythat the skysoftly holds the cloudswithout tryingto control their activity,may we hold a spacefor each other. We can do thisby letting our awarenessrest on themwithout the tiniest thoughtthat in this momentthey should be differentin any way. We see...