Tag Archives: spiritual journey

Develop Your Awareness of God-Presence

Posted on 17 June 2018 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

Whether for the purpose of a contemplation sitting or at any other time, remember to acknowledge, invoke and invite the Spirit of God within you to come forth from within to fill your awareness and life with the experience of … Continue reading →

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Keating Talks on the Human Condition

Posted on 16 June 2018 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

I wanted to share with you the information that Contemplative Outreach has relented about previously taking away the Fr. Thomas Keating videos from his Spiritual Journey series of talks. They previously pulled them out of YouTube to sell them at … Continue reading →

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The Eternal Now

Posted on 13 June 2018 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

(This blog is an excerpt from the last section of our website, the page titled “Take a NOW Break.” I do not know exactly how many site visitors have actually visited the particular page and have bothered to take in … Continue reading →

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Why Bother with Self-Realization?

Posted on 12 June 2018 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

Responding to a recently posted blog, Stephen messaged us the following three wonderful questions. QUESTION NO. 1 Since God has always been and will always be the Perfect Absolute Infinite Consciousness and this has never been and will never be … Continue reading →

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From the Head to the Heart

Posted on 8 June 2018 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

In response to a recent blog we posted, the following question was raised by Bob as a comment which he posted on 05 June 2018. QUESTION “Hello, Marc! I have a question: How do I move from understanding and thinking … Continue reading →

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Easy Does It

Posted on 5 June 2018 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

Many aspirants to higher spirituality are deceived by the erroneous teaching that you have to sweat out your enlightenment with every drop of your being and to labor intensively, exhaustively and unendingly through the spiritual journey. Spiritual teachers who promote … Continue reading →

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The Mystery That Gives of Itself

Posted on 28 May 2018 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

“The spiritual journey is a process that happens to us. We don’t do it. The Mystery unfolds of itself. The Christian mystical tradition is a process that is appropriate for those devoting themselves to seeking the Mystery that is at … Continue reading →

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The Path in Autumn

Posted on 1 October 2017 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

Once again, it is that magical golden time of the year when the spiritual journey takes us through the autumnal season of transformation and letting go. This is The Mystical Path in autumn. The path is now strewn with the … Continue reading →

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The Four Consents

Posted on 17 September 2017 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

In his Spiritual Journey series of retreat conference lectures, Fr. Keating speaks of four (4) “consents” that an individual is expected to make at certain stages of life, in order to develop fully into a spiritually mature human person. [The … Continue reading →

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Persistence on the Path

Posted on 26 July 2015 by Marc of Contemplative Pathways

(Note: Start playback of the following SoundCloud audio file before you begin to read the blog.) Persevere on the mystical path of life. Practice makes perfect: Persist with your spiritual practice. Your spiritual practice is the expression of your devotion … Continue reading →