6/ Rishi praxis answered hunger with community kitchens, isolation with bridges, despair with shelters. Not doctrine, but embodiment. The sacred, politicized—not by institution but incarnation, stitched into lullabies, seeds and sweat. Theology incarnate in action. Making peace.
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Copy of thread here: Thread. Gardening, a much-loved necklace ornament falls from me, unseen. A cohort, devout Christian, gifts me a replacement. “Do you know its religious significance?” I ask. “No,” she says, “No idea. I picked it up in China. I thought it was beautiful. It reminds me of your art.” ...The endless knot or eternal knot (Sanskrit: śrīvatsa; Tibetan དཔལ་བེའུ། dpal be'u; Mongolian Ulzii) is a symbolic knot and one of the 'Ashtamangala', a suite of Signs sacred to a number of religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism... 2/ Painting of śrīvatsa and cross interwoven with calligraphy: “In the time of reconciliation many miracles will occur. - Rosarium Philosophorum Integral Christo-Yogic-Native American archetypes are thin on the ground, to put it mildly. The web, meanwhile, affords us access to a miraculous, technology-enabled, collective genius, well beyond the syncretistic capabilities of any individual. /end
@RichardRohrOFM “Mystical awareness refers to a universal and unifying view of the world. It extends to the suffering of the planet, wounding of the soul, violence caused by religious superiority, national self-interest, poverty, homelessness, starvation and war.” end/
