At the book’s beginning, Cynthia Bourgeault describes how mystical hope differs from an ordinary kind of hope. Mystical hope is not something that hinges on clambering aspiration and starry-eyed dreams, but is instead a way of being in relationship here and now with “a light-force that radiates objectively.
Twenty-nine brave souls gathered to explore Wisdom through the lens of the Enneagram. Locating our work within the framework of Gurdjieff’s five ‘Obligonian Strivings,’ we discovered that it is from the foundation of abundance, goodness and yearning, that we are invited to wield agency through growing knowledge, being and presence in order to then take our posts as responsible stewards of energy and servants of the whole.
At a time when people are yearning for good news, Cynthia Bourgeault’s book, Mystical Hope, invites us to find our way to the hope that does not disappoint or fail. Alan Krema discusses Chapter One.
Long-time Wisdom community leaders and enneagram teachers Jonathan Steele and Jeanine Siler-Jones share about their unique upcoming offering at Valle Crucis in North Carolina.
Please enjoy this post in both Spanish and English, offering ‘Reflections on Costly Love’: “….we are not just fallen creatures forced to suffer entropy and death for our sins; rather, we are active collaborators, invited to participate in the work of manifesting the love of God in hues that can only exist here, in this world, under these conditions.”
Please enjoy this post offered in both Spanish and English, on the theme of ‘The Imaginal and the Kingdom’: “With a more awakened heart, we can perceive the more subtle energies of love, attention, prayer, and the deeper longing, within us and around us.”