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Over the course of a new year of daily meditations we will follow the trajectory of life from innocent beginning, through inevitable brokenness, to putting everything back together, through ripening into union—with self, God, the world, and others.
I’ll begin during the next few weeks by offering an introduction to my methodology: “Scripture as validated by experience, and experience as validated by tradition, are good scales for one’s spiritual worldview.” A balanced and holistic worldview is formed from a non-dual way of thinking and is enlivened by mystical encounter with Presence, always leading to acts of service and charity in the world.
Although each life moves at its own pace, and with endless variety, this growth does follow a common sequence, and we’ll look at nine likely stages of spiritual development. Then, as the year progresses, we will dive deeper into each stage and its unique spiritual tasks. We will explore the splits that occur early in our lives and the ways in which we can find healing and wholeness. This “primer” (from the Middle English for a layperson’s prayer book or devotional manual) will focus on the practical ways in which our spirituality forms our inner lives and is then lived outwardly in the world, which is to live a life of love and justice for others.
Gateway to Silence:
My true self is love.
Related resources:
Levels of Spiritual Growth
(CD,
MP3 download)
Loving the Two Halves of Life: The Further Journey
(CD,
DVD,
MP3 download)
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