Divine – Lisa Colón DeLay | Spiritual Formation and the Way of the Desert Elders

Desire, Wanting, Bliss

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Here is a excerpt as part of the series I’ve created for my Spark My Muse YouTube Channel (Here’s the link to find the rest: youtube.com/@Sparkmymuse)

This part 4 in the series of 7 explores how the nature of desire is a signpost to the infinite. Longing, bliss, desire are more than they appear to be.

This series distills the too-often obtuse work of David Bentley Hart from his book The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss I think this book has many brilliant point, but most people find reading his work exhausting and don’t get to the gems. (If you’d like, you can find that book here: https://amzn.to/3QRFzIW)

Who Were You Before? [SSL 305]

An exploration of the wounded inner child and how certain temptations and misguided desires start early on in us when we are vulnerable and young and then experience instability, loss, or pain.

After you listen, go to PART II at the substack page here ⬇️ for more: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/143641616

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Orientation-Where are you? [SSL 276]

Please enjoy these reflections on the “who moved” myth about God plus two Book of Darkness and Light (Meister Eckhart) poems

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Book of Secrets [SSL188]

Meister Eckhart’s Book of Secrets has meditative mystic poetry and wisdom that I will share with you to celebrate National Poetry Month. This work comes to us from Mark S. Burrows and Jon M Sweeney with Hampton Roads Publishing.

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Bringing Light to Shadow [SSL 184]

Today, I celebrate with a reading from my own book on spiritual formation, “The Wild Land Within: Cultivating Wholeness Through Spiritual Practice”.

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