embodying prayer in daily life

come to rest,

enjoy a bowl of tea,

sit a while and be

moving into restfulness,

restfully moving

“Prayer is not primarily saying words or thinking thoughts, it is rather, a stance, it is a way of Living in the Presence, Living in awareness of the Presence, and even enjoying the Presence.”

Richard Rohr

Offerings

We offer various somatic experiences to help us touch upon the holy ground of being.

God’s ground is my ground and my ground is God’s ground.

Meister Eckhart

  • Points of Agreement from Contemplatives of Different Religious Traditions

    In the 1980s, a group of contemplatives from 8 different religious traditions gathered in the spirit of interfaith dialogue. As trust between them deepened, they arrived at 8 points of convergence and mutuality.

  • 1. The world religions bear witness to the experience of Ultimate Reality, to which they give various names.

  • 2. Ultimate Reality cannot be limited by any name or concept.

  • 3. Ultimate Reality is the ground of infinite potentiality and actualization.

  • 4. Faith is the opening, accepting, and responding to Ultimate Reality. Faith in this sense precedes every belief system.

  • 5. The potential for human wholeness — or, in other frames of reference, enlightenment, salvation, transcendence, transformation, blessedness — is present in every human being.

  • 6. Ultimate Reality may be experienced not only through religious practices, but also through nature, art, human relationships, and service to others.

  • 7. As long as the human condition is experienced as separate from Ultimate Reality, it is subject to ignorance and illusion, weakness and suffering.

  • 8. Disciplined practice is essential to the spiritual life; yet spiritual attainment is not the result of one’s own efforts, but the result of the experience of oneness with Ultimate Reality.

  • Additional Points of Agreement

    9. It is essential to extend our formal practice of awareness into all aspects of our life.

    10. Humility, gratitude, and a sense of humor are indispensable in the spiritual life.

    11. Prayer is communion with Ultimate Reality, whether it is regarded as personal, impersonal, or beyond them both.

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