A wise and needed word, Adam. Too many mistake stillness for retreat, forgetting that the deepest silence is not passive—it is a tuning fork for holy disruption. If your contemplation leaves empire unchallenged, it’s just another spa treatment for the ego. The true stream will drag your comfortable self into the river—and teach you to swim toward liberation.
Thank you. I'm just learning to accept that a certain level of pain, of bodily discomfort, is going to be part of my life going forward. Partly aging, partly old injuries, things that will not be 'cured' as in 'fixed so they go away,' but 'healed' as in gently folded into my experience of life. Cultivating empathy for self along with empathy for others. And this happens in stillness and acceptance, not in resistance to what is.
Thank you for breaking your summer fast from media. (I respect your decision and choice AND have greatly missed reading your powerful writing.) So grateful to receive this, especially at this moment.
Too often I feel like the fear-filled twelve tossed on the stormy sea as the Master sleeps in the helm of the boat in Mark. (38. The followers went and woke him. They said, “Teacher, don’t you care about us? We are going to drown!”) 39. Jesus command ‘Quiet! Be still!’ 40. Jesus said to his followers, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
Thank you for your message of preparation and call to spiritual action♥️
Thank you for this gorgeous expression of what we're here to do with our lives. I'm printing it out for myself and trying to figure out if I can glue it to my torso or something because it's such a poignant yes yes yes to the sacred and what it means to be alive. And this phrase knocked me to the ground: "It will dismantle every quiet agreement we’ve made with injustice.."
All the above. Life is a challenge in this time, but I know that we are a part of God and connected to each other. That helps me stay in the flow of God.
Im struck by your choice of the word "consent" rather than mere surrender. It completes a puzzle of understanding and explains what I've experienced. We can't enter that sacred flow by only surrendering, we also have to consent to Spirit moving through us.
"Saint Paul, sensing the fullness of this mystery, dared to proclaim that one day God will be all in all. That is not a promise of escape. It is a call to alignment."
I'm not sure what part of scripture you refer to here? It feels as though you name-drop Paul to support this essay. Paul's mission and teachings were motivated very specifically by the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It seems your essay is more closely related to Buddhism, pantheism, or some other ambiguous source rather than Christianity.
A wise and needed word, Adam. Too many mistake stillness for retreat, forgetting that the deepest silence is not passive—it is a tuning fork for holy disruption. If your contemplation leaves empire unchallenged, it’s just another spa treatment for the ego. The true stream will drag your comfortable self into the river—and teach you to swim toward liberation.
—Virgin Monk Boy
This is a word too. "Subscribing" you and @adam bucko!
Being still and knowing that God is God takes us into God's heart--a heart of love for the world.
Thank you. I'm just learning to accept that a certain level of pain, of bodily discomfort, is going to be part of my life going forward. Partly aging, partly old injuries, things that will not be 'cured' as in 'fixed so they go away,' but 'healed' as in gently folded into my experience of life. Cultivating empathy for self along with empathy for others. And this happens in stillness and acceptance, not in resistance to what is.
Thank you for breaking your summer fast from media. (I respect your decision and choice AND have greatly missed reading your powerful writing.) So grateful to receive this, especially at this moment.
Too often I feel like the fear-filled twelve tossed on the stormy sea as the Master sleeps in the helm of the boat in Mark. (38. The followers went and woke him. They said, “Teacher, don’t you care about us? We are going to drown!”) 39. Jesus command ‘Quiet! Be still!’ 40. Jesus said to his followers, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
Thank you for your message of preparation and call to spiritual action♥️
Thank you for this gorgeous expression of what we're here to do with our lives. I'm printing it out for myself and trying to figure out if I can glue it to my torso or something because it's such a poignant yes yes yes to the sacred and what it means to be alive. And this phrase knocked me to the ground: "It will dismantle every quiet agreement we’ve made with injustice.."
so beautifully expressed....thank you dear Adam!
YES🌹♥️
Yes, yes, and yes!
Beautiful, Adam. Thank you, my friend. Xoxo
Magnificent. Thank you. 🙏🏽
All the above. Life is a challenge in this time, but I know that we are a part of God and connected to each other. That helps me stay in the flow of God.
Im struck by your choice of the word "consent" rather than mere surrender. It completes a puzzle of understanding and explains what I've experienced. We can't enter that sacred flow by only surrendering, we also have to consent to Spirit moving through us.
Purifying work,
service, solidarity.
Still stirrings of grace.
"Saint Paul, sensing the fullness of this mystery, dared to proclaim that one day God will be all in all. That is not a promise of escape. It is a call to alignment."
I'm not sure what part of scripture you refer to here? It feels as though you name-drop Paul to support this essay. Paul's mission and teachings were motivated very specifically by the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It seems your essay is more closely related to Buddhism, pantheism, or some other ambiguous source rather than Christianity.