בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית bereishit (pron. bre-sheet) - In the beginning [of God creating the sky and the ground] Bereishit (or Genesis - the...

Every story is set in its own cultural, historical, and literary context. If we do not understand this, then we will read into it what we...

It is only through of the ecstasy of pure, direct love that we can see our way clear to fully understand in our hearts and minds the...

If you as a contemplative have directly experienced God, then it is nothing to give yourself over to seeing the world through the eyes of...

Peter Maurin co-founded the Catholic Worker movement (CWM). Through his knowledge of the Word, interest in the lives of Christians...

If you cannot conceive of your self outside of God, then there is no room for pride. How may pride take root when you are annihilated? ...

Can God sin? If you have not done so, then suppose what it might be like to vanish into God for just a moment. All of the other...

Someone came here just before Christmas. And after looking around they said: You must be really proud of having built a place like this....

There are no steps. There is no transition. There is no going anywhere. And when you are there, there is no going back because you do...

As long as we are conscious of any sense of separation, of distance, of difference between ourselves and I AM, then the direct experience...

There is no end to the number and variety of people who are trying to fix the world. A friend recently sent me a link to a lecture which...

God desires to deepen and purify direct relations with people. As the cloud between ourselves and God becomes less dense so we become...

There is a sudden emptying of your soul. Images vanish. Concepts evaporate. Words unhelpful. A door opens. You swing out into the...

Like everything else that makes people truly human, the direct contemplative experience of God demands that it be a common possession to...

You need to be very careful when assuming that simply because you like certain people or have a natural affinity toward them that they...

People are fools when they place their trust in words and language and conversation - thinking that they are doing others a favour - when...

The temptation to share your own direct experience of God with other people might be well-intended but almost always substitutes one's...

Without sharing, without companionship, without communion with others, even the secrecy of the contemplative life, which is integral to...