Grounding + Becoming
A Spacious Wisdom Cross-Pollination
Listen for what’s already in you, the seed within reaching toward sunlight. Stretch into what only you can become.
There is no limit to what Wisdom will shine through to reach us. Silence, nature, art, music, words, and connection are some of the prisms through which the invisible may become briefly visible to our subtle senses.
What we will need for the terrain ahead is mysteriously sprinkled around us days, weeks, months, or even years before we actually need it. There is a resonance we cannot quite explain—a knowing that doesn’t seem to conform to our linear timeline and context.
We recognize it.
Father Bruno Barnhart distills the essence of Wisdom:
“If we require a definition, let us call it knowing: a knowing that is personal, experiential, and tending toward union with that which is known.”
Wisdom cannot be known with the mind alone; it ripens in us, as us.
You are known, and you know.
Wisdom practices help us fine-tune our senses and cultivate inner stability to be present to reality, even when it is hard.
Follow the threads that draw you and listen for what is stirred within.
It’s All Worth Living For
Poet and storyteller Levi The Poet with a deeply moving plea. This performance carries a frequency of Love in vulnerability, and truth-telling, that evokes awe in me. Which line lingers in you?
Make Way for a Breath of Fresh Air
Sometimes an image or phrase can help us gently help us excavate this wisdom (like an archaeologist, not a construction worker!). Here’s a practice to experiment with.
“For the first time I feel free”
If you’re missing hymns because you no longer find life in lyrics that once felt comforting, you might find joy in this offering.
Holy/Hurt with Dr. Hillary McBride
There’s spaciousness here when you’re ready. Dr. Hillary is a trustworthy guide in the podcast about spiritual trauma and healing.