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Mystical MusingsThe Year We Have Been Waiting For2012 is finally here, and it gives us the opportunity to step forward as mystics who are willing to participate in making this a year of great positive transformation for the entire world and all her kingdoms. In this we will be joining spiritually-minded people all over the world who hold the dream of a New Earth based in compassion and cooperation, rather than greed and competition. We launch the 2012 Mystical Musings by looking at ways that we can, with just an adjustment of attitude and self-perception, make our contribution, as a community and as individuals, toward bringing about these great...2018-03-2438 min
Mystical MusingsThe Year We Have Been Waiting For2012 is finally here, and it gives us the opportunity to step forward as mystics who are willing to participate in making this a year of great positive transformation for the entire world and all her kingdoms. In this we will be joining spiritually-minded people all over the world who hold the dream of a New Earth based in compassion and cooperation, rather than greed and competition. We launch the 2012 Mystical Musings by looking at ways that we can, with just an adjustment of attitude and self-perception, make our contribution, as a community and as individuals, toward bringing about these great...2018-03-2438 minMystical MusingsCreating the Great ShiftWhat are the changes we wish to see happen in this monumental year? How as mystics can we help to create them? We get inspiration and guidance by looking at some discoveries of quantum physics and applying them to our desire to help bring about the 2012 transformation. Surprisingly, we can have very powerful effect on the world, on its heart and mind, instantaneously and with very little effort. We can do this individually and as a community. Our prayers together in this Musing can be of the "quantum-think" sort and together we can bless the Earth and all Her kingdoms...2018-01-251h 12Mystical MusingsCreating the Great ShiftWhat are the changes we wish to see happen in this monumental year? How as mystics can we help to create them? We get inspiration and guidance by looking at some discoveries of quantum physics and applying them to our desire to help bring about the 2012 transformation. Surprisingly, we can have very powerful effect on the world, on its heart and mind, instantaneously and with very little effort. We can do this individually and as a community. Our prayers together in this Musing can be of the "quantum-think" sort and together we can bless the Earth and all Her kingdoms...2018-01-251h 12Mystical MusingsQuantum-Thinking: Breakdown and Breakthrough 2012In this time of exceedingly rapid evolution of consciousness, we experience often unexpected extremely challenging times, and also sudden states of expanded joyful realization. When we put both of these experiences in the context of the collective, of the Oneness, we find that knowing our participation in the healing of the planet in both the difficult and the joyful times takes on new meaning. And this knowing leads us, first, to take things less personally, and, second, to bring into awareness our willingness to help evolution along by welcoming the universal healing that comes with both the contractions and expansions...2018-01-251h 04Mystical MusingsQuantum-Thinking: Breakdown and Breakthrough 2012In this time of exceedingly rapid evolution of consciousness, we experience often unexpected extremely challenging times, and also sudden states of expanded joyful realization. When we put both of these experiences in the context of the collective, of the Oneness, we find that knowing our participation in the healing of the planet in both the difficult and the joyful times takes on new meaning. And this knowing leads us, first, to take things less personally, and, second, to bring into awareness our willingness to help evolution along by welcoming the universal healing that comes with both the contractions and expansions...2018-01-251h 04Mystical MusingsChaos, Compassion, CuriosityFloods, fires, infestations, political standoffs and strife: chaos abounding outwardly and inwardly as well. What's a good mystic to do?
If the mystic path is about anything it is about love and compassion, which have been abundant in the face of the Texas floods as well as the many wildfires plaguing the nation; there are so many examples of ordinary people rising up extraordinarily to help their fellow citizens. Compassion seems to be part of our genetic code and is thus a great practice in these chaotic times. And of course compassion is for others but also for ourselves, especially...2017-10-271h 23Mystical MusingsChaos, Compassion, CuriosityFloods, fires, infestations, political standoffs and strife: chaos abounding outwardly and inwardly as well. What's a good mystic to do?
If the mystic path is about anything it is about love and compassion, which have been abundant in the face of the Texas floods as well as the many wildfires plaguing the nation; there are so many examples of ordinary people rising up extraordinarily to help their fellow citizens. Compassion seems to be part of our genetic code and is thus a great practice in these chaotic times. And of course compassion is for others but also for ourselves, especially...2017-10-271h 23Mystical MusingsMystic StrategiesHow do we keep our mystic boat afloat in turbulent waters? How can we keep our sense of oneness in such polarizing and divisive times? In time for our Mystical Musings hiatus until September 17, we explore some fundamental strategies for evoking our mystic presence and for cultivating our mystic practice.2017-05-301h 10Mystical MusingsMystic StrategiesHow do we keep our mystic boat afloat in turbulent waters? How can we keep our sense of oneness in such polarizing and divisive times? In time for our Mystical Musings hiatus until September 17, we explore some fundamental strategies for evoking our mystic presence and for cultivating our mystic practice.2017-05-301h 10Mystical MusingsResurrecting LoveThe message that Jesus brings is Love. The magic and power of Easter is that Love returns, embodied. The message is Love! not just the Law, not the power-of-the-strongest, but Love! and not just when it is convenient and easy and flowing, but also and even especially when it is difficult and challenging.
Herein our mystic passion is being forged.
In a culture of conformity, the iconoclastic mystic faces challenges with and from the status quo. Remaining oriented toward Love, our mystic paths are our refuges- along with community and the Avatar- amid the stormy evolution. Easter reminds us and...2017-04-241h 17Mystical MusingsResurrecting LoveThe message that Jesus brings is Love. The magic and power of Easter is that Love returns, embodied. The message is Love! not just the Law, not the power-of-the-strongest, but Love! and not just when it is convenient and easy and flowing, but also and even especially when it is difficult and challenging.
Herein our mystic passion is being forged.
In a culture of conformity, the iconoclastic mystic faces challenges with and from the status quo. Remaining oriented toward Love, our mystic paths are our refuges- along with community and the Avatar- amid the stormy evolution. Easter reminds us and...2017-04-241h 17Mystical MusingsIrrational Exuberance: Joy in the TurbulenceWith a collective sense of humanity in America, and to some extent the world, being anxious and uncertain amid the rapidly evolving political and environmental scenes, we need as never before to access our genetically encoded sense of joy/peace/love; we need this access as a daily mystic practice to help heal what is ailin' us. And Hey! it's Springtime, a significant return of the basic codes of our earthly existence, offering us cyclical renewal as a balm for the oppression of current events and unfolding planet-wide changes. With renewal comes fresh perspective, new opportunity and new ways of...2017-03-281h 14Mystical MusingsIrrational Exuberance: Joy in the TurbulenceWith a collective sense of humanity in America, and to some extent the world, being anxious and uncertain amid the rapidly evolving political and environmental scenes, we need as never before to access our genetically encoded sense of joy/peace/love; we need this access as a daily mystic practice to help heal what is ailin' us. And Hey! it's Springtime, a significant return of the basic codes of our earthly existence, offering us cyclical renewal as a balm for the oppression of current events and unfolding planet-wide changes. With renewal comes fresh perspective, new opportunity and new ways of...2017-03-281h 14Mystical MusingsBecoming Kinder: The Art of ImperfectionIn terms of the daily living of our lives, perfection is the enemy of the soul. Kindness, lovingkindness toward one's family and friends, tribe and worthy opponents, and towards oneself, is a mystic practice in great demand right now. The Japanese philosophy of WabiSabi is a paradigm founded on the Buddhist three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering and emptiness, which cultivate kindness through compassion. The WabiSabi aesthetic includes simplicity, intimacy and deep appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of the natural world. Let us find our way toward deepening lovingkindness, together in this next Mystical Musings.2017-02-271h 13Mystical MusingsBecoming Kinder: The Art of ImperfectionIn terms of the daily living of our lives, perfection is the enemy of the soul. Kindness, lovingkindness toward one's family and friends, tribe and worthy opponents, and towards oneself, is a mystic practice in great demand right now. The Japanese philosophy of WabiSabi is a paradigm founded on the Buddhist three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering and emptiness, which cultivate kindness through compassion. The WabiSabi aesthetic includes simplicity, intimacy and deep appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of the natural world. Let us find our way toward deepening lovingkindness, together in this next Mystical Musings.2017-02-271h 13Mystical MusingsInnocence/Inner SenseDo we lose our innocence or just misplace it? Does innocence end
because of the seemingly inevitable effects of growing older or does it get transformed, so that
we often don't recognize it anymore? In this complex and challenging world is access to innocence even desirable?
Innocence is our true inner sense; we are born with Buddha nature, with purity, presence, wonder and joy. Innocence/Inner Sense is our platform for our being human and for learning anything especially the spiritual art of the mystic. Please join us as we begin our fourteenth year of Mystical Musings as we celebrate...2017-01-231h 17Mystical MusingsInnocence/Inner SenseDo we lose our innocence or just misplace it? Does innocence end
because of the seemingly inevitable effects of growing older or does it get transformed, so that
we often don't recognize it anymore? In this complex and challenging world is access to innocence even desirable?
Innocence is our true inner sense; we are born with Buddha nature, with purity, presence, wonder and joy. Innocence/Inner Sense is our platform for our being human and for learning anything especially the spiritual art of the mystic. Please join us as we begin our fourteenth year of Mystical Musings as we celebrate...2017-01-231h 17Mystical MusingsWringing Out the LightSuch love does
the sky now pour,
that whenever I stand in a field,
I have to wring out the light
when i get
home.
-St Francis of Assisi
The inner journey in nature, no matter time of year, offers opportunities for letting go, for deeper presence, absorption, sometimes even rapture or ecstasy. And so we wring out the light with the utter delight of deeply knowing that God is Love, Love Is, and I am Love. Wringing out the Light,
we go deeper, we open more deeply than ever to the Light and to the Dark, the Great YinYang...2016-12-221h 02Mystical MusingsWringing Out the LightSuch love does
the sky now pour,
that whenever I stand in a field,
I have to wring out the light
when i get
home.
-St Francis of Assisi
The inner journey in nature, no matter time of year, offers opportunities for letting go, for deeper presence, absorption, sometimes even rapture or ecstasy. And so we wring out the light with the utter delight of deeply knowing that God is Love, Love Is, and I am Love. Wringing out the Light,
we go deeper, we open more deeply than ever to the Light and to the Dark, the Great YinYang...2016-12-221h 02Mystical MusingsThe Generosity of SilenceSilence, stillness and darkness give us a chance to disconnect from our wired world, from the external, from the cacophony of everyday life, the onslaught of information and the chaos of noise pollution.
Stillness is the silence of our habitual unconscious body movements.
Darkness is the silence of sight.
For some the disconnect of silence is emptiness, for others it is fullness. Silence breeds insight as we
let go of the familiar and open to the depths. Silence cultivates deeper listening, an active listening. Silence invites a deepening of our inner life. Silence is the potentiated field of possibility.
Silence...2016-11-281h 07Mystical MusingsThe Generosity of SilenceSilence, stillness and darkness give us a chance to disconnect from our wired world, from the external, from the cacophony of everyday life, the onslaught of information and the chaos of noise pollution.
Stillness is the silence of our habitual unconscious body movements.
Darkness is the silence of sight.
For some the disconnect of silence is emptiness, for others it is fullness. Silence breeds insight as we
let go of the familiar and open to the depths. Silence cultivates deeper listening, an active listening. Silence invites a deepening of our inner life. Silence is the potentiated field of possibility.
Silence...2016-11-281h 07Mystical MusingsWhispers of EternityIsn't a whisper how sometimes spirit speaks? Not the loud, authoritative, powerful voice necessarily but the still, small, voice, a whisper speaking spirit. Whether it is your name being called or your power being called back into your heart and soul, a whisper is what often guides the mystic.
But what of eternity? Other than that it is a very long, long time? How does "eternal" interface with daily reality? Is it only awe or does it include practicality as well?
Whispers are not only sounds, but with a little synesthesia-imagination, a feather-touch could be perceived as a somatic whisper...2016-11-041h 06Mystical MusingsWhispers of EternityIsn't a whisper how sometimes spirit speaks? Not the loud, authoritative, powerful voice necessarily but the still, small, voice, a whisper speaking spirit. Whether it is your name being called or your power being called back into your heart and soul, a whisper is what often guides the mystic.
But what of eternity? Other than that it is a very long, long time? How does "eternal" interface with daily reality? Is it only awe or does it include practicality as well?
Whispers are not only sounds, but with a little synesthesia-imagination, a feather-touch could be perceived as a somatic whisper...2016-11-041h 06Mystical MusingsLight Inside the DarkThe dark events of the summer are enough to make pessi-mystics of us all!
No one needs to be told that there is currently conflict and confusion, widespread anger and deep grief in the collective. Add the weather to the mix and we can be almost depressed! But there is work for the mystic to do that can make a huge difference in all that's going on. What we might not give thought to is how we can help the situation and how we can learn from it. And the chaos can also help us grow deeply and rapidly. We...2016-09-271h 13Mystical MusingsLight Inside the DarkThe dark events of the summer are enough to make pessi-mystics of us all!
No one needs to be told that there is currently conflict and confusion, widespread anger and deep grief in the collective. Add the weather to the mix and we can be almost depressed! But there is work for the mystic to do that can make a huge difference in all that's going on. What we might not give thought to is how we can help the situation and how we can learn from it. And the chaos can also help us grow deeply and rapidly. We...2016-09-271h 13Mystical MusingsCourageIn the face of a religious and cultural dominance built around doctrine and sectarianism, it takes courage to be an outsider, a mystic who looks within to the ultimate authority, not to dogma nor religious teachings- a very different perspective from those adhering to a creed that someone else has written and many follow. The Mystic takes the "road less traveled", and dares to be different from so many others.
The mystic is an outsider who knows about persecution through the ages of those of a similar stripe, and courageously moves forward even though the threat of exclusion or misunderstanding...2016-05-2358 minMystical MusingsCourageIn the face of a religious and cultural dominance built around doctrine and sectarianism, it takes courage to be an outsider, a mystic who looks within to the ultimate authority, not to dogma nor religious teachings- a very different perspective from those adhering to a creed that someone else has written and many follow. The Mystic takes the "road less traveled", and dares to be different from so many others.
The mystic is an outsider who knows about persecution through the ages of those of a similar stripe, and courageously moves forward even though the threat of exclusion or misunderstanding...2016-05-2358 minMystical MusingsMystic SkillsThe mystic develops skills that are specific to a Path of Awareness, Compassion, and Embodiment of Spirit. Among those skills are the ever-increasing ability to find silence within, to know deep peacefulness, to practice unconditional love, and to take responsibility for all the events in one's life. The mystic seeks embodied experience beyond the surface and the cultural in order to overcome habit, conditioning, unconsciousness, and ignorance. Mystic skill looks to daily life not as distraction or busyness, but as opportunities for deeper and deeper realization. Mystic skill reframes our tendencies toward glamour and avoidance, and chooses instead deep presence...2016-04-251h 11Mystical MusingsMystic SkillsThe mystic develops skills that are specific to a Path of Awareness, Compassion, and Embodiment of Spirit. Among those skills are the ever-increasing ability to find silence within, to know deep peacefulness, to practice unconditional love, and to take responsibility for all the events in one's life. The mystic seeks embodied experience beyond the surface and the cultural in order to overcome habit, conditioning, unconsciousness, and ignorance. Mystic skill looks to daily life not as distraction or busyness, but as opportunities for deeper and deeper realization. Mystic skill reframes our tendencies toward glamour and avoidance, and chooses instead deep presence...2016-04-251h 11Mystical MusingsSacred PlayfulnessThis Sunday for the Musings is the sacred Palm Sunday holiday for Christianity and is sacred as well at the Spring Equinox for the earth-based religions. We honor these religious celebrations and will create together our own sacred Sunday mystic event, by exploring the fundamental value of Playfulness as a way of deepening into the Mystical. This can sound oxymoronically outrageous as we so often think of the intense suffering the mystic has to endure in order to awaken to the Divine Presence. But then we think of the great masters Nasrudin (a Sufi writer who is a hilarious spiritual...2016-03-271h 05Mystical MusingsSacred PlayfulnessThis Sunday for the Musings is the sacred Palm Sunday holiday for Christianity and is sacred as well at the Spring Equinox for the earth-based religions. We honor these religious celebrations and will create together our own sacred Sunday mystic event, by exploring the fundamental value of Playfulness as a way of deepening into the Mystical. This can sound oxymoronically outrageous as we so often think of the intense suffering the mystic has to endure in order to awaken to the Divine Presence. But then we think of the great masters Nasrudin (a Sufi writer who is a hilarious spiritual...2016-03-271h 05Mystical MusingsSlooooooooooowiiiiiiiiing Doooooooown...... a Mystical VirtueIn our fast-paced modern culture the mystic faces the challenge of daring to live life in a slower, more contemplative way. This requires a focus on Being, more than on the constant Acting we have been conditioned to do,
and is supported by being in the moment, slowing down our breathing, our thinking, our feeling. We meditate, pray, self-reflect, and deeply appreciate the beauty all around us by letting-go and relaxing into the Divine Presence. We allow life to flow at it own pace without feeling compelled to push forward. In this Musing we suggest ways of slowing down the...2016-03-011h 01Mystical MusingsSlooooooooooowiiiiiiiiing Doooooooown...... a Mystical VirtueIn our fast-paced modern culture the mystic faces the challenge of daring to live life in a slower, more contemplative way. This requires a focus on Being, more than on the constant Acting we have been conditioned to do,
and is supported by being in the moment, slowing down our breathing, our thinking, our feeling. We meditate, pray, self-reflect, and deeply appreciate the beauty all around us by letting-go and relaxing into the Divine Presence. We allow life to flow at it own pace without feeling compelled to push forward. In this Musing we suggest ways of slowing down the...2016-03-011h 01Mystical MusingsDivine NurturanceMystics have long taught that the Divine Presence can be felt in the heart, mind, and body of anyone who asks for it. The felt sensation is one of warmth, comfort, true love and unconditional support. We can bathe in this in good times and bad, and it never fails to soothe the soul. We often forget that this is always available and so sacrifice the opportunity for the rich reward of feeling cared for at the deepest level. In this Musing we discuss how to call for that gift from our Guides, Angels, Avatars, and the Divine Source itself...2016-01-2358 minMystical MusingsDivine NurturanceMystics have long taught that the Divine Presence can be felt in the heart, mind, and body of anyone who asks for it. The felt sensation is one of warmth, comfort, true love and unconditional support. We can bathe in this in good times and bad, and it never fails to soothe the soul. We often forget that this is always available and so sacrifice the opportunity for the rich reward of feeling cared for at the deepest level. In this Musing we discuss how to call for that gift from our Guides, Angels, Avatars, and the Divine Source itself...2016-01-2358 minMystical MusingsJOYOur non-denominational Christmas Musing asks the question, "How can we find joy in such a difficult time?" The first thing to know is that joy and happiness are not the same. Happiness is fleeting, joy is constant. Ultimately true spiritual joy is attained when we welcome all the feelings and all the experiences of our lives and know that they come to us for our own growth and enlightenment. Joy is the deep knowing that all is well and all is going according to plan for us each. Joy is only possible when we have a felt sense of the...2015-12-211h 02Mystical MusingsJOYOur non-denominational Christmas Musing asks the question, "How can we find joy in such a difficult time?" The first thing to know is that joy and happiness are not the same. Happiness is fleeting, joy is constant. Ultimately true spiritual joy is attained when we welcome all the feelings and all the experiences of our lives and know that they come to us for our own growth and enlightenment. Joy is the deep knowing that all is well and all is going according to plan for us each. Joy is only possible when we have a felt sense of the...2015-12-211h 02Mystical MusingsIf Only One Prayer, "Thank You"So many of us live our lives as a simple prayer, the prayer great mystic Meister Eckhart values above all others: "Thank You". We walk in gratitude because we know our blessings and notice how often they come, even in times of darkness. Using the phrase "Thank You" as a mantra yields beautiful results. Just the simple phrase, rather than Thank You "for". It is easy for us to make lists of what we are grateful for, and it is also a very powerful prayer. But leaving off the "for" and simply saying "Thank you" throughout the day elevates and...2015-11-2458 minMystical MusingsIf Only One Prayer, "Thank You"So many of us live our lives as a simple prayer, the prayer great mystic Meister Eckhart values above all others: "Thank You". We walk in gratitude because we know our blessings and notice how often they come, even in times of darkness. Using the phrase "Thank You" as a mantra yields beautiful results. Just the simple phrase, rather than Thank You "for". It is easy for us to make lists of what we are grateful for, and it is also a very powerful prayer. But leaving off the "for" and simply saying "Thank you" throughout the day elevates and...2015-11-2458 minMystical MusingsThe Art of Life, a Mystic PerspectiveTrue art reflects and enhances the whole of human life. It illuminates our joys and our sorrows. It makes everything beautiful, no matter how dark and difficult. And it often reassures us that all will end well. It brings us peace. It brings us a deep knowing, a knowing that cannot be spoken of except in the language of the poet. Great art is the product of the mystical impulse of the artist and therefore speaks most deeply to those of us who have those impulses also. As it is true that great artists are a variety of mystic, it...2015-10-251h 05Mystical MusingsThe Art of Life, a Mystic PerspectiveTrue art reflects and enhances the whole of human life. It illuminates our joys and our sorrows. It makes everything beautiful, no matter how dark and difficult. And it often reassures us that all will end well. It brings us peace. It brings us a deep knowing, a knowing that cannot be spoken of except in the language of the poet. Great art is the product of the mystical impulse of the artist and therefore speaks most deeply to those of us who have those impulses also. As it is true that great artists are a variety of mystic, it...2015-10-251h 05Mystical MusingsMystic Halloween 2012The Halloween-time of the year has for many centuries been considered a time when the veil between heaven and earth is very thin indeed. We can, it is said, most easily at this time access other dimensions of consciousness. This is an exciting time for mystics all over the world because we know that spiritual growth often involves moving into exalted states of awareness (other dimensions of consciousness) for transformational information and bringing it back to be used in everyday life. In 2012 we focus particularly on the mystical dimension of Positive Expectancy, especially for the collective Birthing of the Winter...2015-06-291h 07Mystical MusingsMystic Halloween 2012The Halloween-time of the year has for many centuries been considered a time when the veil between heaven and earth is very thin indeed. We can, it is said, most easily at this time access other dimensions of consciousness. This is an exciting time for mystics all over the world because we know that spiritual growth often involves moving into exalted states of awareness (other dimensions of consciousness) for transformational information and bringing it back to be used in everyday life. In 2012 we focus particularly on the mystical dimension of Positive Expectancy, especially for the collective Birthing of the Winter...2015-06-291h 07Mystical MusingsThe Gravitas of GratitudeIn this Musing we explore gratitude as a mystical state of being, rather than a compendium of practices. Mystics have a natural gratitude born of the experience of God as a benevolent, all-loving Creator, and of Life as a meaningful and blessed journey. And we have daily practices of expressing that gratitude in prayer and spoken appreciation. We also have silent gratitude as we stand in awe of the beauty of nature, the beauty of artistic creations, the holding of a newborn, the intimacy of being with loved ones. Some days we are aware of our blessings, some days not...2015-05-251h 04Mystical MusingsThe Gravitas of GratitudeIn this Musing we explore gratitude as a mystical state of being, rather than a compendium of practices. Mystics have a natural gratitude born of the experience of God as a benevolent, all-loving Creator, and of Life as a meaningful and blessed journey. And we have daily practices of expressing that gratitude in prayer and spoken appreciation. We also have silent gratitude as we stand in awe of the beauty of nature, the beauty of artistic creations, the holding of a newborn, the intimacy of being with loved ones. Some days we are aware of our blessings, some days not...2015-05-251h 04Mystical MusingsA Mystical Homage to Mother EarthIn this Musing we speak of the value and the joy of direct experience of Gaia, Mother Earth. This experience is most available by connecting with Her heart to heart. We will offer easy and powerful techniques for making this important connection. And we will discuss how this interaction is needed as balance to the connection with "Father Sky". We will also speak of the unique gifts she has to offer us, and of the way our life is changed by incorporating Her into our individual energy-bodies. She is the earth-mother, the source of groundedness,the provider of health, and...2015-04-231h 17Mystical MusingsA Mystical Homage to Mother EarthIn this Musing we speak of the value and the joy of direct experience of Gaia, Mother Earth. This experience is most available by connecting with Her heart to heart. We will offer easy and powerful techniques for making this important connection. And we will discuss how this interaction is needed as balance to the connection with "Father Sky". We will also speak of the unique gifts she has to offer us, and of the way our life is changed by incorporating Her into our individual energy-bodies. She is the earth-mother, the source of groundedness,the provider of health, and...2015-04-231h 17Mystical MusingsCuriosity and CommitmentCuriosity for the mystic is grounded in humility, grounded in the knowledge that each day we leave behind the old and awaken to the new. The Divine is Infinite and always has new treasures awaiting us. Without curiosity we leave the realm of the spiritual and enter into the realm of religion, which preaches its doctrine of absolutes.
Commitment is based on a direct experience of the Divine which asks us to commit again and again to a life of love.
So curiosity and commitment are "natural" on the mystical path. And at this point in our collective evolution we...2015-03-251h 00Mystical MusingsCuriosity and CommitmentCuriosity for the mystic is grounded in humility, grounded in the knowledge that each day we leave behind the old and awaken to the new. The Divine is Infinite and always has new treasures awaiting us. Without curiosity we leave the realm of the spiritual and enter into the realm of religion, which preaches its doctrine of absolutes.
Commitment is based on a direct experience of the Divine which asks us to commit again and again to a life of love.
So curiosity and commitment are "natural" on the mystical path. And at this point in our collective evolution we...2015-03-251h 00Mystical MusingsGod Without God: Love, Presence and Letting GoWe are slowly going deeper in the portal of our mystic practice, deeper and closer with Creator, with Source, with God, with the Beloved especially when praying, meditating, connecting ourselves heart to Heart in a beautiful intimacy with the Beloved. We are moving together from feeling the transcendence of Divine Presence to the feeling of immanence of Spirit. Metaphysically this involves thinking about the Beloved not as a Being, but as Being itself. Embodied Being focuses on deeper, continuous breathing and more skillful micro-movements. We live in a world that is made up entirely of Divine Being. This includes us...2015-02-2657 minMystical MusingsGod Without God: Love, Presence and Letting GoWe are slowly going deeper in the portal of our mystic practice, deeper and closer with Creator, with Source, with God, with the Beloved especially when praying, meditating, connecting ourselves heart to Heart in a beautiful intimacy with the Beloved. We are moving together from feeling the transcendence of Divine Presence to the feeling of immanence of Spirit. Metaphysically this involves thinking about the Beloved not as a Being, but as Being itself. Embodied Being focuses on deeper, continuous breathing and more skillful micro-movements. We live in a world that is made up entirely of Divine Being. This includes us...2015-02-2657 min
Mystical MusingsPortal PowerThe portents for this year are of creativity and manifestation. One such creative endeavor is the opening of portals between dimensions, between people, among all the earthly kingdoms, between heaven and earth. In this Musing we speak about how we can create portals of all sorts, how we can maintain them, and how we can close them. The creating of the vortex of energy that we call a Portal happens every time we pray, meditate, are intimate with another or with Spirit Guides and other divine beings, or open to receiving the grace of the Creator.
We will have...2015-01-261h 04
Mystical MusingsPortal PowerThe portents for this year are of creativity and manifestation. One such creative endeavor is the opening of portals between dimensions, between people, among all the earthly kingdoms, between heaven and earth. In this Musing we speak about how we can create portals of all sorts, how we can maintain them, and how we can close them. The creating of the vortex of energy that we call a Portal happens every time we pray, meditate, are intimate with another or with Spirit Guides and other divine beings, or open to receiving the grace of the Creator.
We will have...2015-01-261h 04
Mystical MusingsA Mystic's Christmas: Spirit Becoming FleshAppropriate for mystics of all faiths, with this Musing we invite our Christian and Jewish and Buddhist members to join us along with people of all other religious and non-religious backgrounds and practices. Focusing on the miracle of "the Word becoming flesh", we speak about that sacred alchemy in the context of our present day evolution. We suggest simple practices to achieve that alchemy using the example of the Christmas story. Our contemplation will synchronize with the themes we have been focusing on in the last few Musings, and lead us to a deeper understanding of the incarnating of...2014-12-1756 min
Mystical MusingsA Mystic's Christmas: Spirit Becoming FleshAppropriate for mystics of all faiths, with this Musing we invite our Christian and Jewish and Buddhist members to join us along with people of all other religious and non-religious backgrounds and practices. Focusing on the miracle of "the Word becoming flesh", we speak about that sacred alchemy in the context of our present day evolution. We suggest simple practices to achieve that alchemy using the example of the Christmas story. Our contemplation will synchronize with the themes we have been focusing on in the last few Musings, and lead us to a deeper understanding of the incarnating of...2014-12-1756 minMystical MusingsThe Mystery of DarknessWe seek to mine the riches of the dark sides of life in this Musing. There are more gifts than we may have noticed in the down times. We already know that we go through these passages for cleansing and self-knowledge, and that we have experienced great awakenings following these difficult events. While we will comment briefly on these issues, we are more interested in investigating how we navigate the light/dark dialectic in our daily lives. We look at how our attitudes about the relationship between the yin and the yang can make a huge difference in how we...2014-11-2458 minMystical MusingsThe Mystery of DarknessWe seek to mine the riches of the dark sides of life in this Musing. There are more gifts than we may have noticed in the down times. We already know that we go through these passages for cleansing and self-knowledge, and that we have experienced great awakenings following these difficult events. While we will comment briefly on these issues, we are more interested in investigating how we navigate the light/dark dialectic in our daily lives. We look at how our attitudes about the relationship between the yin and the yang can make a huge difference in how we...2014-11-2458 minMystical MusingsA Sense of LightnessWhat attitudes and perspectives do we need to add a sense of lightness in our lives? What is the benefit of bringing lightness to our spiritual path? What are the obstacles? There are several steps that lead to the lightness (and to the Lightness) of our journey at this disturbing time in human evolution that we will share with you. We will also speak about lightness in relationship with yourself and with others. We ask, "How can we bring a light touch to prayer and meditation, and to the practice of manifestation?" We ask also how to process difficult feelings...2014-10-291h 06Mystical MusingsA Sense of LightnessWhat attitudes and perspectives do we need to add a sense of lightness in our lives? What is the benefit of bringing lightness to our spiritual path? What are the obstacles? There are several steps that lead to the lightness (and to the Lightness) of our journey at this disturbing time in human evolution that we will share with you. We will also speak about lightness in relationship with yourself and with others. We ask, "How can we bring a light touch to prayer and meditation, and to the practice of manifestation?" We ask also how to process difficult feelings...2014-10-291h 06Mystical MusingsThe Splendor of the SimpleIn our day, with Guidance so available to us, we can streamline our prayers and practices by intending rather than efforting. We can allow and not labor. What often complicates matters is the chattering mind and the fearful inner child. We delay the manifestation of daily expansion by making too big a fuss over the hows and whys of personal co-creation and by succumbing to doubt. We will discuss how we can let go at a very deep level. This is an era of exciting and relatively easy creation with the assistance of Divine Presence, now with us in a...2014-10-111h 07Mystical MusingsThe Splendor of the SimpleIn our day, with Guidance so available to us, we can streamline our prayers and practices by intending rather than efforting. We can allow and not labor. What often complicates matters is the chattering mind and the fearful inner child. We delay the manifestation of daily expansion by making too big a fuss over the hows and whys of personal co-creation and by succumbing to doubt. We will discuss how we can let go at a very deep level. This is an era of exciting and relatively easy creation with the assistance of Divine Presence, now with us in a...2014-10-111h 07Mystical MusingsMother's Day Musing on.....MothersMother Earth, Mother Mary, Mother Love, Male Mother, Quantum Mother: We will look at these and perhaps other manifestations of the Divine Feminine in the context of the radical evolution we are experiencing. And we will ask if there is emerging in 2012 a new role for the Mother--and we do think there is!2014-08-191h 04Mystical MusingsMother's Day Musing on.....MothersMother Earth, Mother Mary, Mother Love, Male Mother, Quantum Mother: We will look at these and perhaps other manifestations of the Divine Feminine in the context of the radical evolution we are experiencing. And we will ask if there is emerging in 2012 a new role for the Mother--and we do think there is!2014-08-191h 04Mystical MusingsMystic Halloween 2012The Halloween-time of the year has for many centuries been considered a time when the veil between heaven and earth is very thin indeed. We can, it is said, most easily at this time access other dimensions of consciousness. This is an exciting time for mystics all over the world because we know that spiritual growth often involves moving into exalted states of awareness (other dimensions of consciousness) for transformational information and bringing it back to be used in everyday life. In 2012 we focus particularly on the mystical dimension of Positive Expectancy, especially for the collective Birthing of the Winter...2014-08-191h 15Mystical MusingsMystic Halloween 2012The Halloween-time of the year has for many centuries been considered a time when the veil between heaven and earth is very thin indeed. We can, it is said, most easily at this time access other dimensions of consciousness. This is an exciting time for mystics all over the world because we know that spiritual growth often involves moving into exalted states of awareness (other dimensions of consciousness) for transformational information and bringing it back to be used in everyday life. In 2012 we focus particularly on the mystical dimension of Positive Expectancy, especially for the collective Birthing of the Winter...2014-08-191h 15Mystical MusingsSpiritual GenerosityWe are emptying ourselves that we may receive the bounty promised in the coming shift of consciousness. What do we do with this abundance in terms of blessing the world especially in the face of such recent devastation and tragedy in our country? What is called for now is evoking radical grace through inner silence and meditation and at the right time, right action. Join us in exploring mystic practices for the giving of the gifts we receive. How do we up-level our practice of Spiritual Generosity? Please allow us to share a quantum way of praying for others, an...2014-08-181h 05Mystical MusingsSpiritual GenerosityWe are emptying ourselves that we may receive the bounty promised in the coming shift of consciousness. What do we do with this abundance in terms of blessing the world especially in the face of such recent devastation and tragedy in our country? What is called for now is evoking radical grace through inner silence and meditation and at the right time, right action. Join us in exploring mystic practices for the giving of the gifts we receive. How do we up-level our practice of Spiritual Generosity? Please allow us to share a quantum way of praying for others, an...2014-08-181h 05Mystical MusingsThe Sum of the Resonances: Creating CoherenceWe are, in every moment, the sum of the resonances of body, soul, mind, and heart. We are also the resonances of our masculine and feminine sides. As we grow, all these components of being are shifting and coming into harmony. The cycle of harmony and disharmony is the way we move forward on the spiritual path. In times of harmony there is a coherence among all our parts. This is when we feel strong and compassionate, peaceful, joyful, and optimistic. When coherence is lost, we are singing the "transformational blues". We all know these cycles well. In our time...2014-05-231h 01Mystical MusingsThe Sum of the Resonances: Creating CoherenceWe are, in every moment, the sum of the resonances of body, soul, mind, and heart. We are also the resonances of our masculine and feminine sides. As we grow, all these components of being are shifting and coming into harmony. The cycle of harmony and disharmony is the way we move forward on the spiritual path. In times of harmony there is a coherence among all our parts. This is when we feel strong and compassionate, peaceful, joyful, and optimistic. When coherence is lost, we are singing the "transformational blues". We all know these cycles well. In our time...2014-05-231h 01Mystical MusingsEmbodied ResurrectionThe great mystic secret of the Easter event is that Jesus returned not as a vision but in a body. What was he trying to teach us about ourselves in making a physical return? We discuss this in a new light because of recent revelations, and we extend our thoughts to questions about how each of us as well as the earth herself is experiencing resurrection. All is being made new in the New Era, and the Easter event contains more transformational information than we have known before. The information is extremely exciting and leads us to very practical ways...2014-04-2857 minMystical MusingsEmbodied ResurrectionThe great mystic secret of the Easter event is that Jesus returned not as a vision but in a body. What was he trying to teach us about ourselves in making a physical return? We discuss this in a new light because of recent revelations, and we extend our thoughts to questions about how each of us as well as the earth herself is experiencing resurrection. All is being made new in the New Era, and the Easter event contains more transformational information than we have known before. The information is extremely exciting and leads us to very practical ways...2014-04-2857 minMystical MusingsInitiationThe radical transformation afoot today is a global initiation of tremendous significance for human civilization. Initiation is a nodal point in collective consciousness, a moment out of history, a leap out of time into Deep Presence, leaving behind belief systems, emotional trauma, mental frameworks and even spiritual limitations. Initiation is a trust-based leap into the Great Unknown. Many of us in our community are experiencing Initiation with all its promises and demands. We will Muse about Initiation, along with its gifts and challenges and offer a brief community Initiation ritual.2014-03-251h 08Mystical MusingsInitiationThe radical transformation afoot today is a global initiation of tremendous significance for human civilization. Initiation is a nodal point in collective consciousness, a moment out of history, a leap out of time into Deep Presence, leaving behind belief systems, emotional trauma, mental frameworks and even spiritual limitations. Initiation is a trust-based leap into the Great Unknown. Many of us in our community are experiencing Initiation with all its promises and demands. We will Muse about Initiation, along with its gifts and challenges and offer a brief community Initiation ritual.2014-03-251h 08Mystical MusingsHolding Our Own Hearts, Holding Others'At this time of the year we celebrate the wonders and joys of love, for others, for ourselves and for the Creator. We celebrate romance and we celebrate love beyond romance. The love that we honor honors all of us in all the ways that we love, from our unique ways of being ourselves to our unique way of loving what God is for us. We will suggest some ways of holding our own hearts , and our own inner family, that enable us to hold in love the hearts of others. When we appreciate ourselves as a miracle of the...2014-02-231h 12Mystical MusingsHolding Our Own Hearts, Holding Others'At this time of the year we celebrate the wonders and joys of love, for others, for ourselves and for the Creator. We celebrate romance and we celebrate love beyond romance. The love that we honor honors all of us in all the ways that we love, from our unique ways of being ourselves to our unique way of loving what God is for us. We will suggest some ways of holding our own hearts , and our own inner family, that enable us to hold in love the hearts of others. When we appreciate ourselves as a miracle of the...2014-02-231h 12Mystical MusingsShift 2012The SHIFT has begun, as so many of you know! very exciting indeed! We are right now in the backsplash of the 2012 Solstice, feeling very transformative, sometimes a roller coaster, sometimes the peace beyond understanding. To understand it better, and to have some words for it, we will look at some metaphors of radical change such as the serpent shedding his skin. We will also offer a 2012 version of the search for the Holy Grail. And we will bid a grateful farewell to the cycle we are leaving, opening our collective arms to the New Beginning given us at this...2014-02-111h 25Mystical MusingsShift 2012The SHIFT has begun, as so many of you know! very exciting indeed! We are right now in the backsplash of the 2012 Solstice, feeling very transformative, sometimes a roller coaster, sometimes the peace beyond understanding. To understand it better, and to have some words for it, we will look at some metaphors of radical change such as the serpent shedding his skin. We will also offer a 2012 version of the search for the Holy Grail. And we will bid a grateful farewell to the cycle we are leaving, opening our collective arms to the New Beginning given us at this...2014-02-111h 25Mystical MusingsLove, Calling To Love: Intentionallity in our new EraAs mystics we are committed to leading a conscious, intentional life. We learn to balance a dependency on Grace with creating what we want in our lives. In this Musing we will speak of a new formula, appropriate to our New Era, for manifesting what we want on all levels of our being, utilizing the energy of the fullness of Love and a Sacred Resiliency.2014-02-111h 05Mystical MusingsLove, Calling To Love: Intentionallity in our new EraAs mystics we are committed to leading a conscious, intentional life. We learn to balance a dependency on Grace with creating what we want in our lives. In this Musing we will speak of a new formula, appropriate to our New Era, for manifesting what we want on all levels of our being, utilizing the energy of the fullness of Love and a Sacred Resiliency.2014-02-111h 05Mystical MusingsThe Mystical Use of Personal Will in the New EraThe focus of this Musing as well as the core of the many beautiful teachings received by the Mystical Musers who traveled to John of God in Brazil in March 2013 NE (ie New Era). Finding new ways to use personal will to support others and self, Myron will speak for the group, emphasizing New Era empowerment of sacred volition. We will look at the differences between mystical willing and secular willfulness, personal will in the context of surrender to the Divine Will and embodied will in daily life.2014-02-111h 03Mystical MusingsThe Mystical Use of Personal Will in the New EraThe focus of this Musing as well as the core of the many beautiful teachings received by the Mystical Musers who traveled to John of God in Brazil in March 2013 NE (ie New Era). Finding new ways to use personal will to support others and self, Myron will speak for the group, emphasizing New Era empowerment of sacred volition. We will look at the differences between mystical willing and secular willfulness, personal will in the context of surrender to the Divine Will and embodied will in daily life.2014-02-111h 03Mystical MusingsBeginner's Mind and the Spiral Nature of Spiritual GrowthJanuary is a time when we let got the old and welcome in the new; a wonderful time to practice what Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki calls Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. He recommends a daily practice of releasing our minds to the winds, cleaning the slate, a mental state he calls "not-knowing". This puts us into clarity no matter what comes up (on a good day, that is). And what comes up, we recognize, is often something, pleasant or not, that we have dealt with before, because all our issues seem to recur in cyclic fashion as we grow older, and...2014-01-271h 06Mystical MusingsBeginner's Mind and the Spiral Nature of Spiritual GrowthJanuary is a time when we let got the old and welcome in the new; a wonderful time to practice what Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki calls Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. He recommends a daily practice of releasing our minds to the winds, cleaning the slate, a mental state he calls "not-knowing". This puts us into clarity no matter what comes up (on a good day, that is). And what comes up, we recognize, is often something, pleasant or not, that we have dealt with before, because all our issues seem to recur in cyclic fashion as we grow older, and...2014-01-271h 06Mystical MusingsChristmas Gift to a Troubled WorldOur holiday gathering in which we honor the Christ event and its message of Oneness and Joy. We will sing carols, listen to live music, enjoy deep silence together and muse on some New Era definitions of Christ Consciousness and how to attain and sustain it. This is a non-sectarian celebration, as always, and so we welcome everyone who wants to expand awareness during the holy season of Christmas and Hanukkah. We will also suggest some ways we can give to ourselves spiritually and emotionally while giving to others during this special time of year. And together we will send...2013-12-1759 minMystical MusingsChristmas Gift to a Troubled WorldOur holiday gathering in which we honor the Christ event and its message of Oneness and Joy. We will sing carols, listen to live music, enjoy deep silence together and muse on some New Era definitions of Christ Consciousness and how to attain and sustain it. This is a non-sectarian celebration, as always, and so we welcome everyone who wants to expand awareness during the holy season of Christmas and Hanukkah. We will also suggest some ways we can give to ourselves spiritually and emotionally while giving to others during this special time of year. And together we will send...2013-12-1759 minMystical MusingsSustaining Presence during the Dark TimesThe New Era offers us the opportunity to call for joy to be our basic state of being. We are deeply supported in this request by the evolution toward Light that we are experiencing. This state of joy does not eliminate times of challenge, frustration, and impatience, nor does it erase all fear, anger, and grief. Despite the exuberance we can feel in this moment, we are still living in the illusion of separateness, and that causes pain. The question we address in this Musing is how to face dark times in a way that preserves the underlying state of...2013-11-231h 08Mystical MusingsSustaining Presence during the Dark TimesThe New Era offers us the opportunity to call for joy to be our basic state of being. We are deeply supported in this request by the evolution toward Light that we are experiencing. This state of joy does not eliminate times of challenge, frustration, and impatience, nor does it erase all fear, anger, and grief. Despite the exuberance we can feel in this moment, we are still living in the illusion of separateness, and that causes pain. The question we address in this Musing is how to face dark times in a way that preserves the underlying state of...2013-11-231h 08Mystical MusingsSustaining PresenceSustaining Presence
The spiritual momentum of the moment continues, moving ever faster. How do we keep up? How do we sustain our sense of Presence as time flies by and distractions multiply? We have received some Guidance about what is needed on all levels--physical, emotional, mental, spiritual--to keep ourselves grounded in Divine Presence despite chaos in the world and within ourselves. We offer some new twists in our exponentially growing times.2013-10-1855 minMystical MusingsSustaining PresenceSustaining Presence
The spiritual momentum of the moment continues, moving ever faster. How do we keep up? How do we sustain our sense of Presence as time flies by and distractions multiply? We have received some Guidance about what is needed on all levels--physical, emotional, mental, spiritual--to keep ourselves grounded in Divine Presence despite chaos in the world and within ourselves. We offer some new twists in our exponentially growing times.2013-10-1855 minMystical MusingsMomentum BuildsMomentum builds for global and personal change/transformation, in ways new and exciting, that until recently were unimaginable! Today we share Musings on spiritual expansion for us as individuals and for all of us, our Musings community, including ideas about how we can assist with global transformation. Some of the techniques are easy and delightful, some are rigorous and challenging, all are spiritual invigorating, so we can all up-level our work co-creating the New Era.2013-09-191h 09Mystical MusingsMomentum BuildsMomentum builds for global and personal change/transformation, in ways new and exciting, that until recently were unimaginable! Today we share Musings on spiritual expansion for us as individuals and for all of us, our Musings community, including ideas about how we can assist with global transformation. Some of the techniques are easy and delightful, some are rigorous and challenging, all are spiritual invigorating, so we can all up-level our work co-creating the New Era.2013-09-191h 09
Mystical MusingsMystery and WonderMystery and Wonder: the Heart of the Mystic Path
We are called into the mystical by experiences of awe and wonder at the majesty of the Divine. We are amazed, humbled, and elated. We rejoice in the mystery, seek to live in it more and more fully. We feed our awareness by spending time with nature and art and close friends, we meditate to access over and over the deepest parts of the mystery. We come to look at the everyday, the ordinary, as magical, awesome, and beyond beautiful. We give thanks each day that we live in such...2013-09-1156 min
Mystical MusingsMystery and WonderMystery and Wonder: the Heart of the Mystic Path
We are called into the mystical by experiences of awe and wonder at the majesty of the Divine. We are amazed, humbled, and elated. We rejoice in the mystery, seek to live in it more and more fully. We feed our awareness by spending time with nature and art and close friends, we meditate to access over and over the deepest parts of the mystery. We come to look at the everyday, the ordinary, as magical, awesome, and beyond beautiful. We give thanks each day that we live in such...2013-09-1156 min