We stand guard with the heart, stand with the mind in the heart, descend from the head to the heart…And the standing before the invisible Lord not in the head but in the chest, close to the heart and in…
Abba Anthony said, “A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, ‘You are mad, you are not like us.’ “
At our meeting in Rockland in early November of 2023, the Wisdom Waypoints Board put finishing touches on a Communications Director job description, with the intention of hiring someone to […]
The Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault, is the very stuff of what it means to be human, in this time in history and unfolding on our planet. Follow along here as the book practice gets ready to launch.
Watch Cynthia’s 2024 Greeting and Thank You “We are all sitting in gratitude for the new openings that your generosity and trust in us has made possible.” — Cynthia Bourgeault […]
This month we’re exploring Chapter II, “How the Christian West Lost Its Wisdom.” Cynthia begins by reminding us that the earliest followers of Jesus didn’t follow him because they’d read about him in the Gospels–that he was the Son of…
[This reflection include a Spanish translation] This chapter lays out for us the ‘how’ of being more fully present and open to higher meaning and the physiology of transformation.
These two chapters, written more than two decades ago, are more relevant and pertinent than ever. And it’s no coincidence that they are preceded by an explanation of the three centers of knowing. It seems to me that the more…
Bill Espinosa, an organizer of and participant in the February 2024 Spanish Wisdom School, has generously offered his first hand perspective of the Wisdom School experience at a farm just […]
Reflections on Cynthia Bourgeault’s Talk at the Spanish Wisdom School As a new member to the Wisdom Waypoints ecosystem, I was grateful and excited to be invited to listen to […]
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 […]
As we enter into Holy week, I offer a personal account of a teaching by Cynthia and a sea eagle on remorse of being and sacred wounds. Remorse. It’s […]
Chapter VI describes the necessary soul gesture of surrender, which requires the willing deconstruction of our small self, or the passage of the acorn self into the oak tree
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.
Cynthia reminds us of the tools we have to awaken our hearts, the task to which we were born: “…only with awakened hearts are we actually able to fulfill our purpose within the cosmos and take our place in that…
This blog offers a brief overview of the sacred practice of chanting the psalms and reflects on its place in one’s daily Wisdom toolbox.
Suspended animation…. those timeless few seconds between the instant you know the crash is inevitable and the moment of actual impact. A single blank freeze frame that takes in the […]
What the Episcopal Church may have to have to teach the Democratic National Party
As the humiliating debate around whether Joe Biden has “aged out” of the presidency continues to play front and center on the American political scene, it becomes more and more clear that America is basically repelled by the aging process…
I am advocating a re-frame of that moment of retiring from a recognized role of positional power. I see it as the ending of one form of agency and the beginning of another source of influence that I am naming…
In a recent Facebook exchange with Matthew Wright, I hopped on Matthew’s bandwagon, agreeing that a Kamala Harris/ Andy Beshear ticket was probably the Democrats’ strongest option and commenting that it might indeed carry powerful third force. Marty Schmidt queried…
Across every major sector, changemakers are coming to realize we will need more than just action plans and policies to stabilize our home planet and enact a vision of the […]
Dear beloved friends, I’m writing to you from the back porch of dear friends in Raleigh, North Carolina, where I have set up a temporary home. My husband and I […]
One of the signature features of our particular lineage of contemplative Wisdom is that contemplation and action simply cannot be separated. A contemplative lifestyle does not mean simply letting the […]
“Do not be afraid, little flock. It is my Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” These sublime words from Luke 12 accompany me this morning as I awake […]
Dear friends, Thank you for your loving words and heartfelt prayers after my recent letter to you in early October. My parents and I have returned to Asheville, where significant […]
Written by Paula Pryce for The Contemplative Society, re-posted with permission. A most cruel and horrible dragon issued forth . . . of various colours, with a beard and hair […]