not an oxymoron
Posted in Movement Monastery, Retreat, The Path on Apr 17th, 2010
“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi To change anything takes practice. Addictions — they’re bad habits. Very bad. Beyond our reach, we say to ourselves. Beyond our will power. Breaking them takes more than wishful thinking, more than a few days of intentionality. If you’re hooked on addictive substances, you’re dug in deep; you need [...]
Posted in Of Core Knowing, Retreat, The Path, Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2010
During the Asheville, NC Dancemeditation Weekend: I had strong dreams which I can’t remember — part of their charm, but it was a relief to sleep deeply, to dream fully, to be in a world not nailed down. A world of odd intuition, paradox, pockets of clarity and pockets of dark fragments that weren’t frantic [...]
Posted in Of Core Knowing, Retreat, The Path on Jul 4th, 2009
Sufis never try to make experience fit theory. Instead, let theory fall around the shoulders of your experience like a well-fitted coat. One’s experience in mysticism is direct. It belongs to the mystic. Reading the words of other Sufis is a support, a confirmation. It is up to practitioners to reflect on their Inner Communion, [...]