“Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began.…

Recently, one of my foundational small groups broke open an unpublished homily given by one of our great modern-day mystics, Thomas Keating [Contemplative Outreach News Volume 38, Number 2 June 22].  The homily was given on August 19, 2001, and was entitled “Our Myths of Peace.” …

Yesterday, six years ago, I looked up at the sky as the sun was just about to set.  There was an oddity about the way it looked.  It appeared as a white circle enclosed by a dark circle.  It really didn’t look like the sun at all. …

I was scheduled to attend an on-the-ground wisdom group gathering in Claymont in January of this year.  The gathering was designed around the annual commemoration of G.I. Gurdjieff’s birthday, and included teachings by Cynthia, group work, practices, movements, and a continuation of the wisdom civics thread that has been ongoing for over a year now.   …