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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.

Living from Good: Hearing the Voices of Yeshua and Maurice Nicoll, Part 1

Bill Britten | October 23, 2023

This communiqué will be posted to Wisdom Waypoints in three parts. The format is to offer a selection of Maurice’s teachings on several major ideas, many quoted directly, interspersed with Logia from the Gospel of Thomas—hoping that you too can hear the harmonies.

A Beginner’s Look at Centering Prayer

Emma Mellon | October 17, 2023

The directions were simple: when you have a thought, let it go. Cynthia Bourgeault calls Centering Prayer “a pathway of return”.

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part III

Elizabeth Combs | October 14, 2023

In this short section, Cynthia takes us through a brief history of the practice, exploring Centering Prayer as not only a devotional method but also a deep purification process for the unconscious psycho- spiritual detritus of a lifetime…

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part II

Alan Krema | September 13, 2023

This coming month we will be working with Part II in Cynthia Bourgeault’s Book Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, entitled: The Tradition of Centering Prayer, Chapters 6, 7 and 8.

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.

Four Songs, and a Poem: To the Core at the Center of the Last Chapter of Fourth and Nondual

Laura Ruth | May 26, 2023

I When Cynthia Bourgeault wrote The Corner of Fourth and Nondual, she was given the boundaries each My Theology series author was to adhere to: forty typewritten pages to be […]

The First Pilot Spanish Wisdom School

Wisdom Waypoints | May 24, 2023

The first Spanish language Wisdom School was held, as a pilot, on the afternoon of February 3, and ending the morning of February 6, 2023. Its location was Cornelia Serna’s farm in Sotaquirá, Boyacá , Colombia. Cornelia is a longtime Wisdom student and Contemplative Outreach leader.

The Wisdom Jesus Book Circles: The Final Chapters

Tom Amsberry | May 15, 2023

As our book circles flow into this final section of The Wisdom Jesus and conclude this month, we are urged by heart to incarnate the above words of Simeon, not out of duty but out of the deepening relationship that is opening within.

The Wisdom Jesus Book Circles: Holy Week and the Great Easter Fast

Laura Ruth | April 4, 2023

How poignant to be leaning into [Cynthia’s] writing about Holy Week and the fifty days following Easter—as we enter Holy Week together. Ascension and Pentecost, yet to come.