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Henry Corbin

I attended a presentation on Henry Corbin yesterday. I'm wondering if anyone knows if Matt Fox has referred to him in any of his writings. And if so, what's Fox's take on him? Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on November 10, 2009 at 1:27am — 2 Comments

On Transitions and September in Maine

I love Maine in September. I savor its gentle temperatures, mist filled mornings, and its quiet country roads. While I’ll admit that there’s a slight melancholy in the air as summer drifts relentlessly backward into the past, there’s a whiff of promise too. The leaves are beginning their spectacular turning, the apples and pumpkins grow closer to harvest with the dawn of each new day, and tomatoes hang ripe and juicy on the vine. Autumn is a time of both abundance and disintegration, of brillian… Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on September 19, 2009 at 1:42am — 3 Comments

Joseph Campbell and Original Sin

In The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell wrote, "The Christian separation of matter and spirit, of the dynamism of life and the realm of the spirit, of natural grace and supernatural grace, has really castrated nature…The true spirituality, which would have come from the union of matter and spirit, has been killed." (p. 197) "Our story of the Fall in the Garden sees nature as corrupt; and that myth corrupts the whole world for us. Because nature is thought of as corrupt, every spontaneous a… Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on July 2, 2009 at 12:33am — 2 Comments

Our Stories

I love the following quote by Fred Buechner regarding our stories. "My story is important not because it is mine, God knows, but because if I tell it anything like right, the chances are you will recognize that in many ways it is also yours. Maybe nothing is more important than that we keep track, you and I, of these stories of who we are and where we have come from and the people we have met along the way because it is precisely through these stories in all their particularity, as I have long… Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on June 12, 2009 at 7:51am — 3 Comments

On Blessing the World

Poet David Whyte wrote, “remember how as a child your arms could rise and your palms turn out to bless the world?" Two year old Skylar is helping me remember as he delights in the dancing shadows that the tree branches and afternoon sun creates on his bedroom wall, as we gather smooth rocks, each one a treasure, and then solemly let them go, watching them tumble over the dam, the force of the water misting our face if we lean close enough over the edge. I am reminded as we huddle in a blanket o… Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on May 13, 2009 at 1:54am — No Comments

Matt Fox in Portland, Maine

I saw Matt in Portland yesterday. I had read/heard much of what he shared in other lectures and books he's previously written but it is always wonderful to be reminded of what feels wise and whole and true. Among the wisdoms he shared and which resonated with me were: Suffering is initiation into our deeper creativity... The definition of courage is comprised of two French words meaning "wise heart." To overcome our fear it's helpful to connect with what we love and cherish. Our culture fail… Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on May 4, 2009 at 9:18am — 4 Comments

Walking

Yesterday I was thumbing through my dog eared copy of "The Mist Filled Path: Celtic Wisdom for Exiles, Wanderers, and Seekers " and came across a passage on walking that I had underlined. "In the Scottish and Irish sensibility, walking is never just a form of exercise. It is a poetic and sensual experience. It is a spiritual act. Walking is an art form, a dynamic communion with the landscape where one dwells...." Walking has definitley become a spiritual practice for me... Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on April 30, 2009 at 10:53pm — 2 Comments

Listening to your Life

In "Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations" Frederick Buechner writes, "Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and in the pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch and taste your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace." How might our lives be different if we held each moment of our lives lovingly, recognizing them as sacred, as blessings, as teache… Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on April 28, 2009 at 2:26pm — No Comments

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