Aug 5, 20231 min10th C. Lay HermitsIn the tenth century lay people began withdrawing directly into solitude without passing through a period of monastic formation. Living...
Jul 28, 20231 minἀκμήYou are not focused. You ignore the akme (ἀκμή). You are missing the larger picture. This is how one eremitic encouraged another who was...
Jul 27, 20231 minHaving A Socially Plausible Identity...is not the goal of the Christian life. The direct experience of God in Christ is found by traveling a way that is new and disconcerting...
Jul 26, 20231 minThe CellA disciple despairs because he feels like a failure: I am tormented because I can't fast and I get distracted when I try and weave mats. ...
Jul 24, 20231 minInvitation'God's will' is a principle. It can even be a principle that people experience as an interiour invitation of personal love. But even as...
Jul 16, 20231 minThe First StepSo many take the first step toward solitude, but in their own mind the experience itself is so defeating and confusing that they can only...
Jul 14, 20231 minExperimentationShould the need for solitude be fully accepted, the need, efficacy, and relationship of other practises that are beneficial for the...
Jul 11, 20231 minSolitudeIt should go unsaid that the most important part of using solitude as preparation for the possibility of the direct experience of God is...
Jun 30, 20231 minSurrenderThere is a certain order that the contemplative life needs to be taken in. First and foremost is in yielding oneself to the possibility...
Jun 26, 20231 minA Path Of PossibilitiesThe single most important thing for someone who is committed to finding out the truth that solitude has to offer in terms of encountering...