Heather Ruce, Author at Wisdom Waypoints

Wisdom Book Practice Circle: The Wisdom Way of Knowing | Chapter 7: Seeing with the Eye of the Heart

Heather Ruce | April 10, 2024

Each morning we wake to find ourselves on a river upon which we have never been, we proceed in uncharted waters, and we do not know where we are headed.

Mary Magdalene Is a Living Teacher

Heather Ruce | February 20, 2024

Mary Magdalene is a living teacher, available to us now, showing us how to stand in the midst of our embodied lives and the cosmos. We can learn to occupy […]

Day III: All Soul’s Day

Heather Ruce | November 2, 2023

Collective Autumn Triduum Vigil: Today we find ourselves in the middle of the the Autumn Triduum. November 1st, All Saints’ Day or All Hallow’s Day, has traditionally been a day of honoring and celebrating the saints of the Christian tradition.

Day II: All Saints’ / All Hallow’s Day

Heather Ruce | November 1, 2023

Day I: All Saints’ Eve / Halloween

Heather Ruce | October 31, 2023

Collective Autumn Triduum Vigil: It is the first day of the Autumn Triduum, October 31st, All Saints’ Eve or Halloween. As we join with one another in vigil across this passage way from death to life, it is important to recognize the main overarching theme of this type of passage which is, in the words of Cynthia Bourgeault, to taste that in ourselves which already lies beyond death in order that we might begin to live from that place now.

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part I

Heather Ruce | August 18, 2023

We are just about to begin our next Foundational Wisdom Practice Book Circle, Series I, in which people will gather to engage one of Cynthia’s principle books Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening. This Wisdom Practice Book Circle will be an opportunity to anchor us amidst the growing intensity of current conditions in the psychological, biological, and spiritual atmosphere individually and collectively.

“Gospodi Pomiluj” – Lord Mercy Us

Heather Ruce | March 20, 2022

Awhile back one of my teachers Deborah Rose Longo lead J.G. Bennett’s version of the seated Gurdjieff Exercise “Lord Have Mercy.” This version of the exercise was called “Gospodi Pomiluj” which is “Lord Have Mercy” in Russian.

Standing Tall: Imaginal Wisdom School in Arizona

Heather Ruce | March 3, 2022

When I look at the mountain sides covered in these majestic saguaro, I recognize that they stand as a large community revealing what it looks like to stand as they do with strength, stability, resilience, sturdiness, and dignity.

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part I

Heather Ruce | August 19, 2021

We have just begun our next Wisdom Practice Book Circle this week, in which over one hundred and sixty people are gathering to engage one of Cynthia’s foundational books Centering […]

Wisdom and Systemic Racism

Heather Ruce | February 2, 2021

As we continue on in the season of Epiphany, the veil still thin, we are invited to bring the gifts of Wisdom to that which is springing forth and desiring […]