Archive for January, 2008
Spiritual Practice and the Tao (Theory)
The Tao Te Ching, as translated by Ellen Chen (Professor of Philosophy, Saint John’s University, NYC), begins: “Tao that can be spoken of is not the Everlasting (ch’eng) Tao.” Translated by Thomas Cleary (Professor of East Asian Studies, Harvard), it reads: “A way can be a guide, but not a fixed path.”
Explorers must create their [...]
Prayer in Motion (Praxis)
The prayer that Jesus gave us is repeated Sunday after Sunday in churches all over the world. Christians learn the prayer when they are children and probably say it without thinking – so that it becomes the “vain repetition” that Jesus condemned. Rather than simply repeating words, I prefer Buckmeister Fuller’s practice of paraphrasing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What’s Up
I have recently updated my Calendar. It includes an event in New York City and a retreat with John Ollom and other events at Easton Mountain Retreat. Check it out.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What Is a Spiritual Explorer? (Autobiography)
The men who had registered for my workshop in transformation through erotic spirituality were assembled in a meeting room at a retreat center in the Catskills. I was about to start the first session when a framed text caught my eye.
There is a pearl of great price within you. It is your hidden self where [...]
Prayer: Your Conversation with the Universe
On 9/11/2001 the World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists. As I sat in a small circle of men and women, I felt not just sorrow, not just compassion, not just a consciousness of the immense hatred behind what happened, but also a sense of the petty hatred inside myself. The only thing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Becoming a Spiritual Explorer
While my experiences as a gay man and a facilitator for gay men will provide the basis for this blog, it will be a guide for all who would explore their own psyches and their connection to Universal Reality.
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