With the Wild Beasts

It is customary for the Quester upon her return to ponder these four questions:

     •Who went out?
     •What happened?
     •Who comes back?
     •What gifts do you bring your people?

Lorilyn WieringJune 13, 2019#originalblessing, #originalgoodnessComment

The Time Has Come....Surrendering Into a More Expansive Existence

This Holy Week, like many of you, I am trying to remain present. My heart's deepest desire is to travel this week with Jesus, not just to stand on the side of the road and bear witness. Bearing witness has its place and its time, but this year I hear Jesus' invitation to follow not just with my eyes, but with my whole self. I hear the invitation to once again find my life in his, and his in mine.

Lorilyn WieringApril 16, 2019#divinefeminine, #godgivingbirth, #openwill, #openmind, #openheart, #holyweekComment

Stay With Me

"Stay with me," is the cry of a suffering soul. These words, Jesus' three words to his disciples as he entered the Garden of Gethsemane, arrived and transformed me one afternoon as I stood in a raspberry patch with my friend Brook. Brook, daughter of God, survivor of human-trafficking and so much more, and one of the most profound spiritual guides ever sent to me.

Lorilyn WieringApril 8, 2019#humantrafficking, #suffering, #compassion, #compassionnotjudgmentComment

What if You KNEW Your Efficacy Was Assured?

You have been created in the image of the Father, or Sophia. You are a temple of Sacred Wisdom, graced to live with an Open Mind. This is FAITH.

You have been created in the image of the Son. You are a Sanctuary of Sacred Love, graced to live with an Open Heart. This is LOVE.

You have been created in the image of the Spirit, an Instrument of Sacred Instinct, graced to live with an Open Will. This is HOPE.

Lorilyn WieringApril 8, 2019#originalgoodness, #originalblessing, #originalsin, #openmind, #openheart, #openwillComment

Curiosity Killed the Cat. . . .What May it Have in Store For You?

I wonder, what is your relationship to curiosity? How practiced are you in looking, listening or exploring beyond what you already know?

Lorilyn WieringApril 8, 2019#openmindComment

Have you been practicing curiosity? Ready to go deeper? If curiosity is the handle that cracks the door into Open Mind, then t he willingness to hold paradox is the flickering flame (like that burning bush) that draws us further in.

If curiosity is the handle that cracks the door into Open Mind, then the willingness to hold paradox is the flickering flame (like that burning bush) that draws us further in.

Lorilyn WieringApril 8, 2019#julianofnorwich, #openmind, #curiosity, #changemakersComment

Becoming Bread

Whatever else happens today, I want you to remember this. The very first truth about you is that, like the bread of communion, you have been seen and chosen, gathered and formed, and you are BLESSED.

Lorilyn WieringApril 8, 2019Comment

Take a look at that picture. Can you recall a time when you, like Joseph, have been betrayed? Thrown under the bus, dis-owned by the very ones who were supposed to have your back? By the very ones you expected to offer you love and s

Can you recall a time when you, like Joseph, have been betrayed? Thrown under the bus, dis-owned by the very ones who were supposed to have your back? By the very ones you expected to offer you love and support and nurture?

Lorilyn WieringApril 8, 2019

The Truest Thing About You

Let's begin at the beginning: From dust you came. . .

Lorilyn WieringApril 8, 2019Comment

That part of your closet you haven't visited in a while...

When the reality before me is not appealing, it is so easy to spin out into a frantic fantasy future or numb out. Just like you, I have my favorite patterns for losing contact with the present moment.

But before we let the Voice of Judgment pull us down the familiar shame tunnel, pause. We needn't despair of our patterns. An Everything Belongs (or contemplative) perspective reminds us that the experience of disorientation actually plays a role in our transformation. Artist, teacher and author Shaun McNiff writes, "Transformation occurs when we lose our way and find a new way to return."

Lorilyn WieringFebruary 25, 2019Comment