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Beauty and the Brain
When two kinds of beautiful come together: an aha moment and a time for sharing what’s merging for this month’s Resting practice.
Beauty and the Brain
Ever since reading The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community by Curt Thompson, MD, his insights keep stirring, particularly in conversations about beauty. He makes connections on how the brain works with…
POETRY. a good way to reflect on the resurrection.
Poetry. a full word.
Let us step in and explore the resting and presence poetry can unfold or unveil.
Listening and then just maybe writing.
I welcome you in.
A simple definition of poetry, or an invitation of exploration sounds like this:
Poetry—“literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experiences or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.”
Evening Prayer: Plant my feet
Allow yourself to be ‘still’ for a moment, a minute or longer. Open your hands on your lap. Receive this time as rest.
Breath prayer
Is it sometimes difficult to know what words to pray? Have you ever felt like prayer is hard?
“Breathing is an unconscious thing. And breath prayer reminds us that just as we can’t live on one breath of air, we can’t live on one breath of God.”—by Adele Calhoun