Rituals & Learning
When we pay someone to teach us anything, we will be taught a set of rituals commensurate with the skills we want to learn. In the secular sphere these rituals are called techniques, but it doesn’t matter whether they’re called techniques or rituals — the end results are the same. The repetition of the components of the desired skill over the course of time allows us to balance all of the elements in an unself-conscious way.
Listen to the Desert
Gregory Mayers
Our ears can detect sounds that vibrate in the 20 to 20,000 Hz range. But sounds can vibrate at frequencies well beyond 20,000 Hz. Some bats can detect sounds as high as 200,000 Hz. Atoms vibrate as high as 10,000,000,000,000 Hz.
The lower range of sound, known as infrasound, vibrates as slowly as 0.001 Hz. Sources of such low frequency sounds include earthquakes, volcanoes, and lightning.
If our sense of hearing were not limited to our ear’s narrow band of detection, we would experience a world bursting with sound — from the powerful pulses of earth movements to the continuous vibration of the atoms.
The Physics of God
Joseph Selbie
Hidden Reality
We may imagine mysticism or contemplation to be the privilege of monks and mystics, saints and prophets, and of the cloistered, but we are all made for contemplation. It is the secret longing of our being. And, because this is so, each and every person contains the seed consciousness and the archetypical reality of its hidden ways. It is in the silent and subtle aspect of our self that a mystical path was imprinted. It is in the wilderness of our heart that we discover a reality beyond every religious form.
The Monk Within: Embracing a Sacred Way of Life
Beverly Lanzetta
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
Albert Einstein
Visualize Confidence
Kirwan Rockefeller
Who Knows Anyhow? 