Grounding + Becoming
A Soulspace Wisdom Cross-Pollination
Listen for what is already in you, the seed within reaching toward sunlight
What I need for the terrain ahead seems to be mysteriously sprinkled around me days, weeks, months, or even years before I need it. There is an inexplicable resonance—a knowing that doesn’t conform to my linear timeline and context.
I recognize it.
Wisdom cannot be known with the mind alone; it animates within me. I am known, and I know.
And still, I forget.
Practices draw me back to the center. I return. I drink deeply. I remember.
There is spaciousness inside to keep going.
Follow what draws you.
Notice what stirs.
What is recognition like for you?
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Contemplative Curiosity: Neil Theise on Complexity
A 10-ish minute spiritual practice -- bringing curiosity to a quote on complexity by Dr. Neil Theise.
A night of complete undoing
John O’Donohue give us words for the obscurity we encounter in our dark nights of the soul. I take comfort in knowing I’m not the only one to encounter this location in my spiritual geography.
I See You, and I’m Not Going Anywhere
Here's a poem of grounding, written from myself to myself. These words are an anchor to guide my home.
Contemplative Curiosity: Cynthia Bourgeault on Surrender
Here’s a 10-minute unconventional spiritual practice - bringing curiosity and presence to a Cynthia Bourgeault quote about bracing and surrender.
Contemplative Curiosity: Lama Rod Owens on Goodness
What do you notice and wonder as you read this Lama Rod Owens quote on goodness?
Contemplative Curiosity: Mary Oliver on Moments
Creating space for presence with Mary Oliver's words about moments.
Contemplative Curiosity: Teilhard de Chardin on Truth Setting the World Ablaze
Truth has only to appear once in one single mind for it to be impossible for anything to prevent it from spreading universally and setting everything ablaze. —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Contemplative Curiosity: Praying Our Experiences
Praying our experiences means being open to seeing ourselves as we are. This requires an awareness and an honesty that will root us in our actual daily life.
Contemplative Curiosity: Dr. Gerald May on Making Friends with Mystery
When we were children, most of us were good friends with mystery. The world was full of it and we loved it. Then as we grew older, we slowly accepted the indoctrination that mystery exists only to be solved. —Dr. Gerald May
Contemplative Curiosity: John O’Donohue on Awakening to Your Life
“…the most trustable form of soul balance is when you trust it to happen of itself.” —John O’Donohue
Please Tell Me What To Do: The Gift of *Not* Receiving What I Thought I Wanted in Spiritual Direction
My spiritual director wouldn’t give in to my pleas for a narrow way. As I look back now, I see that in her wisdom, she resisted the human temptation to “fix” or “save” me.