Being aware is a natural state or quality of consciousness and is also an art and spiritual sensibility that we can cultivate. In this 60 minute guided meditation with Amy Edelstein we experiment with cultivating the power of observation. This is an intermediate level meditation. Download here: http://bit.ly/MedSurr or stream: Click here for information on the April 18-20, 2014 … Read More
Guided Meditation Surrender & Rejuvenation
Guided Meditation – Surrender & Rejuvenation What’s the relationship between surrender and rejuvenation? How can holding the desire to explore spiritual joy, stillness, and letting go illuminate new insights in meditation? Enjoy this 60 minute guided meditation with Amy Edelstein from Waverly Street Reading Library’s monthly practice. This is an intermediate level meditation. Download here: http://bit.ly/MedSurr or stream: Click … Read More
The Movie “Her” & The Challenge of Intimacy in the Postmodern World
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Guided Meditation Compassion & No Self
This 20 minute exploration of the relationship between the deep meditative experience of No Self or Emptiness and the cultivation of Compassion or the capacity to extend oneself to others was conducted on a 4 day meditation retreat at the Waverly Street Reading Library in Philadelphia. This is an intermediate level exploration and is suited for contemplation. … Read More
Guided Meditation: A Column of Energy
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When You Go Beyond the Ego You Become an Offering to the World
An interview with Ammachi. A tiny dark-skinned woman draped in a white sari beams as she totters down the aisle of loving devotees. Their outstretched hands are like feather plumes, waving, reaching to brush her as she leaves the crowded hall. Her face is placid, strong and fully alert, as it has been unwaveringly for the last five hours, but … Read More
A Song that Goes On Singing
An interview with philosopher & founder of Schola Contemplatonis Beatrice Bruteau. AE: In this issue we are exploring spiritual evolution and the relationship between enlightenment and evolution. You are one of the pioneering thinkers in evolutionary spirituality and your work has been devoted to bringing an evolutionary view to Christian contemplative life. In your book, God’s Ecstasy, you have said, … Read More