Late afternoon alone in the house
Late afternoon,darkness walks into the neighborhood,moves from room to room,wraps me sitting here,some kind of quiet that seeks time and space.Its partner stands up in…
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Year-end Letter from Doug Schroeder, SoulStream Director
December 2015 Dear Partners and Friends of SoulStream, I was moved when I read these words from a recent course participant: “Before taking Living From…
Learning to Walk in the Dark
In theological terms, this makes John (of the Cross) a teacher in the negative way, which does not mean that he is a pain to…
Childhood Friends (Part 1 and 2)
Part 1 (from last week) You may have heard, it’s the custom for kings to let warriors stand on the left,…
Childhood Friends (Part 1)
You may have heard, it’s the custom for kings to let warriors stand on the left, the side of the heart, and…
Like This
If anyone asks you how the perfect satisfaction of all our sexual wanting will look, lift your face and say, Like this.…
The Paradox of Humanity
Contradictions . . . for it is certain that as man’s insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within himself. In a word…
Planning How To Be Happy
We never keep to the present. We recall the past; we anticipate the future as if we found it too slow in coming and were…
After the Meditation
Now I see something in my listeners that won’t let me continue this way. The ocean flows back in and puts up a foam barrier,…
Word Prayer in Silence
Words spoken in prayer while we are in ordinary consciousness are linear, perhaps emotion-filled. These same words spoken while we are within Silence reverberate and…