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Pause Readings & Reflections


Bags of gold.
Good day good people, Today marks the second week of the season of Advent. And Friday was the feast of Saint Nicolas, the celebration...
Dec 8, 20245 min read


Creating Sun in Advent.
Good day good people, As human creatures we tend to orient the rhythms of our lives to the various cyclical and seasonal rhythms we...
Nov 30, 202410 min read


Creating Sun by Conscious Absorption.
Good day good people, I trust we are finding our way with creating sun in ourselves . As we continue with this aim of taking up an...
Nov 23, 20246 min read


Inter-webbed Elements.
Good day good people, We have collectively turned our attention to join in the work of creating sun in ourselves this holiday season. ...
Nov 16, 20247 min read


The role of a conscious human.
Good day good people, Last week we turned our attention to join in the collective work of creating sun in ourselves . We allowed...
Nov 10, 20246 min read


Creating Sun this holiday season.
Good day good people, Thank you again for collectively participating in the work of creating moon in ourselves which we know continues...
Nov 2, 20247 min read


Readings week of October 21st
Readings from last week's Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday, October 21st with Chris Reading: "Subtraction" by Rosemerry Wahtola...
Oct 27, 20245 min read


The suffering of Creating Moon.
Good day good people, Creating moon, by working with whatever pattern we have chosen over these many weeks , has required a long period...
Oct 20, 20248 min read


The moon within the map of the worlds.
Good day good people, As we talked about last week, our ongoing work with creating moon in ourselves is about shifting from a mechanical...
Oct 6, 20248 min read


The moon's function.
Good day good people, We continue together with the work of standing firm and the welcoming in the midst of whatever specific false...
Sep 28, 20247 min read


If you stand firm.
Good day good people, Creating moon in ourselves is ongoing work. As we continue to engage this practice we will stay with the one...
Sep 21, 20245 min read


Readings week of September 9th
Readings from last week's Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday, September 9th with Tom Readings: First of all, as we work with creating...
Sep 14, 20245 min read


Picking a specific habit for creating moon.
Good day good people, As we continue to create moon in ourselves by directly working with what Keating called the “false self system” and...
Aug 31, 20247 min read


Readings week of August 19th
Readings from last week's Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday, August 19th with Catherine Reading: 'I Go Among Trees' by Wendell Berry...
Aug 24, 20246 min read


Readings week of August 12th
Readings from last week's Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday, August 12th with Heather Chant: all we need is here, God is here, love is...
Aug 17, 20246 min read


Creating Moon.
Good day good people, Many of you are joining me in the coming weeks (through mid October-ish) in taking another dive into the practice...
Aug 10, 20246 min read


Readings week of July 29th
Readings from last week's Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday, July 29th Reading: Awaken us, Christ, to your light. Open our eyes to...
Aug 3, 20244 min read


Readings week of July 22nd
Readings from last week's Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday, July 22nd with Heather Reading: “Waking up should be the goal of all...
Jul 27, 20244 min read


Conscious aging.
Good day good people, One of the things we know about committing to a Wisdom way of living is that it is about responding to the...
Jul 20, 20246 min read


Thank you for your presence.
Good day good people, Thank you for your presence in this Wisdom web. I am so grateful to each one of you for being here at whatever...
Jul 13, 20243 min read


Its not easy being human.
Good day good people, As humans who give ourselves to the Wisdom path, it is important to name that it is not an easy way of existing in...
Jul 6, 20246 min read


United, free, and independent.
Good day good people, In the United States we are nearing the celebration of Independence Day on the fourth of July. I often feel drawn...
Jun 29, 20245 min read


Readings Week of June 17th.
Daily Contemplative Pauses Readings from last week Monday, June 17th with Catherine Reading: Just For Now by Danna Faulds Just for now,...
Jun 22, 20245 min read


Readings Week of June 10th.
Daily Contemplative Pauses Readings from last week Monday June 10th with Joy Reading: "There is something powerfully unboundaried that...
Jun 15, 20246 min read
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