2:43am Contemplation by Dave Ellis from The Jazz Master Series: Passion Play, Vol. 2
#DaveEllis #Contemplation #JazzNetwork #KUVO

Dharmakaya ("embodied wisdom") mindfulness is what the classic mystics called “infused contemplation” (whereas abiding mindfulness is “acquired contemplation”).

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Lee Vogt’s TRACK OF THE WEEK: “Slow Dancing”
https://leevogt.bandcamp.com/track/slow-dancing

The experience of emptiness & void ( #ViaNegativa) is essential to #Merton’s art. True, w/o letting go there can be no #art — less is better than too much — but in Merton the soul's movement from #contemplation/ #ViaPositiva to #creativity & art is washed thru the #nothingness of God. https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2025/05/28/merton-and-the-via-negativa/

The Divine Ground of Being, the Center of the Soul - new blog entry @ Medium: https://medium.com/sant-mat-meditation-and-spirituality/the-divine-ground-of-being-the-center-of-the-soul-526dfcdeda88

@ https://SantMatRadhasoami.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-divine-ground-of-being-center-of.html

#ThomasMerton: #Contemplation is the highest expression of man’s intellectual & spiritual life...fully awake, fully active, fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at the sacredness of life, of being. It is gratitude for life, awareness & being.” https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2025/05/27/merton-and-the-via-positiva/

As the literature for Centering Prayer puts it, prayer is a gesture of consent to the action of the Spirit in our lives.

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Solitude on the Edge.
#ArtDigital #EmotiveArt #Contemplation #VisualPoetry #MoodyLandscape #AI #AiArt #DigitalArt #ArtisticMood #ModernArt #Atmospheric #NatureMood #Midjourney

And even though the example from my life could give you the  impression that apophatic prayer is more advanced or mature than cataphatic prayer, it's a mistake to view these two approaches hierarchically.

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Suddenly happening upon a place where the diaphanous membrane between this world and the next, past and present, this universe and the other, is clearly sensed.

"VEIL OF CONTEMPLATION". Abstract digital painting by A.G. (c) 2025. All Rights Reserved. #historiotheque #artoperations #concreterealism #seasonsoftheheart #springtimeoflife #springtimeofjoyfulbeing #veil #contemplation

sounds and colours of realness
exploding into the actuality of
moments drifting through time at varying speeds
accelerating decelerating
moving in confused motions, imploding
then exploding again
into a kaleidoscope
of psychedelic things...

#poetry #poetryblog #poems #ProsePoetry #poemsonmedium #consciousness #contemplation #freethought

Read “of psychedelic things…“ by for-much-deliberation on Medium: https://medium.com/@formuchdeliberation/of-psychedelic-things-f73e70522a47

#silentsunday in the #pnw from our trip last year! Soon we will return, looking forward to #Vacation #reflections #contemplation #meditation #love & #peace to all of you on the #mastodon #Fediverse & Beyond

Some people find that joyful immersion into religion (or monasticism) gives them mystical flight. Others walk a different path.

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Eleven years ago today, Past Liam shares his thoughts on the inevitability of death (don't worry — it's not as gloomy as it sounds!) and a musical update! #music #death #contemplation #motivation

https://rumble.com/v6tib51-past-liam-on-death-may-17th-2014.html

"... I patiently explained that I wasn’t talking about superficial romance, or the confusion of affection and eroticism, but rather that I understood love in a spiritual sense to refer to infinite compassion, mercy and care ..." https://lttr.ai/AetQs

Here’s the thing: once you know that there’s a deeper love pulsing behind and through all things, you can’t unknow it.

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#art #mastodonart #mastoart #religion #contemplation #prayer #islam #meditation #sleep #rest

The very latest #painting "After Prayer" by the young pioneer of islamic magical realism #SafiaLatif.

Prints of her beautiful works (and sometimes some rare originals) are available on her website:
https://www.safialatif.com/info