December 18, 2018
Contrarian Medicinal Contrition
Last week we shared the ecstatic testimony of a woman born in 1844, only identified by her initials, C.M.C. Her story was originally published in Richard Maurice Bucke’s 1901 book, Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind. This week, Brad woke up with these thoughts about it, which we have written... Read On
December 10, 2018
Smoldering Joy
This week we’re re-calibrating our compass by soaking in the testimony of those whose hearts have been pierced by extreme ecstatic joy. The following is excerpted and adapted from the forthcoming revision of our book, Sacred Ecstatics: The Recipe for Setting Your Soul on Fire. * * * Sacred Ecstatics calls for the... Read On
December 2, 2018
Take My Hand
The beginning conundrum in any sincere spiritual journey toward the big room is this: you can’t pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, using the thought, talk, and action found inside a small room as the means of escaping it. It is not possible to skip step one of the recipe—where the room gets bigger... Read On
November 23, 2018
Miles of Dust
A visionary report from Brad: A few nights ago I accidentally heard a Miles Davis recording that almost literally blew my mind. It was his early classic recording of the Rodgers and Hart tune, “It Never Entered My Mind.” Released in 1959, he is backed by Red Garland’s piano, Philly Jo Jones on drums, and... Read On
November 15, 2018