Posted in Uncategorized, tagged lectures, theosophical society on March 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Last week I attended Vol. 4 of Chicago Pecha Kucha (pronounced PEH-CHUH ku-CHUH). Essentially, it is an evening of presentations where each presenter gets to share 20 slides and has 20 seconds per slide. Someone gets up, has six minutes and 40 seconds to do their thing and then it is on to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coincidence, lessons, responsibility, spiritual growth, universe on March 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been struggling with understanding The Secret for a while now - in fact before the hype started. Part of my struggle is that I hear people say to (to me) opposite things. On the one hand there’s the idea that we are responsible for our own life. If we truly clean up our act, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged interfaith, o hidden life on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
In November of last year I was invited to represent the Theosophical Society at the 17th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at St. Procopius Abby in Lisle, Illinois.
This is a lovely event hosted by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey. Representatives from nine different faiths came to this sublime hall to talk about their [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
There is an Intelligentsia cafe near my work. They have the best coffee in the city. I frequently go there for lunch, to read, write, to take a break from the chaos of my office. They have a consistent staff of really interesting young people. They look like the cast of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged spirituality on March 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This question has been on my mind lately.
That we even talk about certain experiences being spiritual reveals a mark of otherness. For most of us, only rare moments earn the denomination. Yet one of the most consistent claims proceeding from examinations of such experiences is the fundamentally spiritual nature of total reality, the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged clearing, zen on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
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A common and useful trope in spiritual literature is the idea of an opening, a sacred space into which you can invite . . . whatever.
Heidegger, in his later works, talks about the clearing required for Being to disclose itself. There is also the story of the professor who goes to [...]
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