“The gift of becoming aware of the simple, astonishing beauty of anything, even as we recognize that it, and we along with it, will one day be no more. This moment of awareness holds everything.” – Douglas Christie I want to muse about the line “this moment of awareness holds everything” and how it spun me round in relationship between my sitting practice and the fierce reality of the present moment. I think the present moment gets shortchanged by lazy quips and sophomoric slogans – YOLO and all the rest. And sitting practice can be misunderstood just as easily… it …
Author: Swanson
Engaged Contemplation in a Heartbreaking World with Fr. Adam Bucko
“I am deeply inspired by these words from Adam Bucko, a contemplative priest, mentor, and friend to the poor. He is a trustworthy guide to discovering a spiritual life for our century and living in service of compassion and justice.” — Richard Rohr Father Adam Bucko has been a committed voice in the movement for the renewal of Christian Contemplative Spirituality and the growing New Monastic movement. He has taught engaged contemplative spirituality in Europe and the United States and has authored Let Your Heartbreak be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation, and co-authored Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for …
Heathen
‘Heathen’ was inspired into life as a Contemplify Musing after reading Chris Dombrowski’s The River You Touch in tandem with the Gospels. ‘Heathen’ is the river I swim in with Jesus. Written out on scraps of lists, receipts, and other trash-bound paper. I apologize there is no transcription here. photo by Contemplify