Archive for Mysticism
Perfection is not the elimination of imperfection. That’s our Western either/or, need-to-control thinking. Perfection, rather, is the ability to incorporate imperfection! There’s no other way to live: »»
Filed under: creativity,Dogen,Making art,Mysticism,Poetry,Richard Rohr | creativity, Dogen, Mysticism, Poetry, Richard Rohr|3 Comments
Last night A.R. Rahman won an Oscar for Best Original Song and this is what he said:
All my life I have had a choice of hate and »»
Filed under: Art,Matthew Fox,Music,Mysticism,Pain & Suffering,Sadness,Spiritual Path,Video | Art, Matthew Fox, Music, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sadness, Spiritual Path|4 Comments
Abbey of the Artist has an amazing post on photography as a sacred practice.
We are moved when we touch the eternal and timeless. There is a »»
Filed under: Artists,Blogs,Making art,Mysticism,Spiritual Path | Blogroll, Mysticism, Photography|6 Comments
I just joined an interesting group, a kind of a Facebook for Creation Spirituality. Creation Spirituality is something I’ve become increasingly interested in as I explore my »»
Filed under: artist as vessel,creativity,Earth,Healing,Making art,Matthew Fox,Mysticism,Otto Rank,Spiritual Path,Video | artist as vessel, creation, creativity, Earth, Healing, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Otto Rank, Spirituality, Video|No Comments
Max Beckmann is one of my favorite artists. I grew up a few blocks from the LA County Art Museum and there was an utterly stunning Beckmann »»
Filed under: Artists,Blogs,fear,kabbalah,Making art,Max Beckmann,Mysticism,Poetry,Sister Wendy Beckett,Walt Whitman | Artists, Blogroll, fear, kabbalah, Max Backmann, Mysticism, Sister Wendy Beckett, Walt Whitman|1 Comment
It has been quite a while since I posted. My life has been in such an uproar and this is the first time I have found enough »»
Filed under: creation,Earth,Guidance,Mysticism,Spiritual Path,via negativa | creation, Earth, Guidance, Mysticism, Spiritual Path, via negativa|No Comments
To what shore would you cross, O my heart? there is no traveler
before you, there is no road:
Where is the movement, where is the »»
Filed under: Death,Healing,Kabir,Mysticism,Poetry,Spiritual Path,surrender | Death, Dreams, Healing, Kabir, Mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender|3 Comments
This is really worth watching all the way through. It’s a woman speaking about her spiritual awakening during a stroke.
Filed under: Healing,Illumination,Jill Taylor,Mysticism,Spiritual Path,Video,Women Mystics | Healing, Illness, Jill Tayor, Mysticism, Spirituality, Video, Women Mystics|2 Comments
My Silence
My silence bridges the gulf between my life’s success
and my life’s failure.
My silence does not magnify my defects.
Nor does it connive »»
Filed under: Making art,Mysticism,Poetry,Prayer,Spiritual Path,Sri Chinmoy | Mysticism, Poetry, Prayer, Sri Chinmoy|6 Comments
I finally got this one fired:
Next post from the tropics!
Filed under: Art,ceramics,Goddess,Mysticism,Sculpture | Art, ceramics, Goddess, Mysticism, Sculpture|3 Comments
Ancient clay vessel
I am the one You created from dust,
A handful of dust moving at Your wish.
You planted this seed,
This growth is obeying that command.
-Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir
I haven’t »»
Filed under: Abil-Kheir,artist as vessel,Healing,Making art,Meister Eckhart,Mysticism,Poetry,Spiritual Path,surrender | Abil-Kheir, artist as vessel, Healing, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Poetry, surrender|5 Comments
More from Fakhruddin ‘Iraqi
Many and disparate waves do not make the sea a multiplicity; no more do the Names make the Named more than One. When the »»
Filed under: Annunciation,Blogs,creation,Fakhruddin 'Iraqi,Matthew Fox,Music,Mysticism,Poetry,Spiritual Path,via negativa,Video | Annunciation, Blogroll, creation, Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Matthew Fox, Music, Mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, The One, via negativa, Video|5 Comments
With all the excitement of the holidays, I haven’t had much time to make art. I haven’t been sleeping well- a sure sign that I’ve abandoned my »»
Filed under: Artists,Making art,Mystics,Spiritual Path,Video | Annunciation, Art, artist as vessel, Artists, Blogroll, creation, Earth, Heidi Thompson, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Jesus, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Spiritual Artists, Spirituality, via negativa, Video, Virgin Mary|6 Comments
I thought the new year could do with some color. I am an artist after all! So I’ve updated my blog’s look. I welcome any comments »»
Filed under: Blogs,Christianity,Eve,Goddess,Hildegard of Bingen,Liturgy of St. Basil,Mysticism,Prayer,Spiritual Path,Virgin Mary,womb,Women Mystics | Blogroll, Chistianity, Eve, Goddess, Hildegard of Bingen, Liturgy of St. Basil, Mysticism, Prayer, Virgin Mary, womb, Women Mystics|4 Comments
The Fountain
How well I know that flowing spring
in black of night.
The eternal fountain is unseen.
How well I know where she has been
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Filed under: creativity,Gratitude,Mysticism,Mystics,Poetry,Spiritual Path,St. John of the Cross,via negativa | creation, creativity, Gratitude, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, St. John of the Cross, via negativa|2 Comments
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