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A New Reformation!

In a kind of miracle, and with help from many, many people, we managed to write a book--now called "A New Reformation!" and print it and get it (80% of it) translated into German--all within about two weeks. The deadline was not our making but the circumstances of my invitation to speak on Pentecost at Bad Herlaub, an invitation which was scheduled six months previous but which loomed much bigger after the election of Benedict XVI. I felt the scandal of this, the first Inquisitor General to be named pope, would awaken people and inspire them to participate in the quest for a New Reformation. Thus an action at Wittenburg.

Giving a lecture to 500 people at Bad Herlaub and a workshop the next day for about 60 others, much feedback came my way. Most of it was very positive but several individuals expressed resistance. "Why don't you forgive Cardinal Ratzinger?" one lady asked me. "Because justice comes first and then forgiveness," I replied. "You should go to Assisi and to Benedict country, not to Wittenburg," said one man. But Assisi is for sweetness, what is called for now is resistance. And resistance is signified by Wittenburg.

Another woman said: "Why a New Reformation? That signifies church institutions. There must be a better term." I thought about that and a better term might be "Transformation." I do want to go beyond Reformation to Transformation and it is time. But Reformation is a first step. And Wittenburg is archetypal--it represents a place where one once stood up to church power and said: "Stop. No longer."

That is needed today too and with the unleashing of spirit and inspiration that this Pentecost season promises, hopefully this act might assist in getting us moving from Reformation to Transformation, from Religion to Spirituality. One can hope.

Today, Tuesday, we took two trains, one as far as Frankfurt and then we switched to a second train to Erfurt. We intended to spend one day in Erfurt and from there to journey to Wittenburg. Why Erfurt?

Erfurt was a theological center for many centuries and it is the town where Martin Luther was trained as a priest and ordained as one. It was also the town where Meister Eckhart lived and worked 150 years earlier for a period of four years. They have just finished a reconstruction of the main body of the Predigerkirche which was his church and which was quite badly damaged in the war and ignored during the Soviet occupation. However, the oldest section, where Eckhart and his Dominican brothers prayed and preached in the late thirteenth century, was not damaged much and still stands much as it did in his day. The choir stall, for example, are the original ones.

In my love and zeal to know Eckhart I once visited Erfurt years ago when it was part of "East Germany" and I was followed by the Stassi (German secret police) from the moment I arrived in my car which had West German license plates since I had rented it in West Germany. When I arrived at the pastor's place where I hoped to get keys to let me into the church there were three cars full of Stassi. I did not want to get the pastor into any trouble so I never got inside and just walked around the perimeter of the property instead.

This trip was different and very special. The pastor, who it turns out was under constant surveillance by the Stassi under the old East German regime, is a great lover of Eckhart and he showed us around the interior including the choir stall where Eckhart sat as prior (yes, I spent time in it meditating and so many of his famous one-liners came to me as I sat there), the altar where he said Mass for the community of 72 members, the very chapter room where he gave several of his well known treatises to novices and others, the refectory where they all ate. And we were allowed to look through a book that dates back to the fourteenth century that has been preserved in the parish office there.

Being in the sanctuary where Eckhart preached--what a great gift. Very moving. Sitting in the choir stall that was his six centuries ago--what a privilege! Standing at the altar where he celebrated Mass as prior of his community--what a grace! Also to visit the church where Martin Luther was ordained and said his first Mass and lived as a theology student. So much history from the past; so much that calls us to a reborn future. Especially at Pentecost time.

This proved to be a very special warm-up for our trip to Wittenburg later that day.

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A Report From Wittenburg

On Tuesday, four of us trooped to Wittenburg, the capital of the Protestant revolt , a three hour trip by car form Erfurt, Germany where we spent time in Meister Eckhart's priory. Four of us being Anne, a German citizen and mother of three boys who is also an avid reader and a mystic in her own right; Peter, an Englander who has been living in Germany for over twenty years and who has received a master's degree from Naropa Oakland; and Jim Garrison, president of Wisdom University and formerly president of the World Forum and the Mikael Gorbachev Foundation. And myself. Peter and Anne would prove to be invaluable not only as translators and interpreters but also as strategists and go-phers.

Our plans were to meet the press and others on Wednesday, May 18 at 4 PM at the door of Castle Church in Wittenburg where Luther nailed his 95 theses some 500 years ago. First, however, we had to stop by the city hall and get official documents to allow us to perform this action. The officials limited us to one hour (4-5 PM) and we were to station ourselves far away from the door "in order to let the tourists be unemcumbered in taking photos of the door." After considerable persuasion offered by Anne, they relented to allow us to be "near the door." But we could not pound nails into the door which today, unlike Luther's day, is no longer wood but metal casting containing his 95 theses. No pounding on that door even if one had permission to do so!

What to do? We decided on an A Frame board of two pieces 7feet by 2 feet held together by a flexible hinge since our scroll was about six feet in length. We set it up outside the short, four foot fence.

How telling it was to me that in the minds of the local authorities the tourists came first. More important than a group calling for a Reformation Today were the religious tourists (very few of them appeared to be pilgrims) who arrived in buses to take a photo at the door and move on. Didn't this fill out my point in the "New Reformation!" book that churches are museums today? Destination places for tourists rather than for pilgrims. And good for the economy (even if the economy may not be good for them!) This reality inspired me all the more to present my 95 theses.

Two nights previously we had heard the news that skinheads or Nazis youth of Wittenburg had defamed the doors in a protest by throwing bags of yellow paint on them. The paint still dripped from the painting at the top of the door but otherwise had been cleaned up by the time we arrived on Wednesday.

The German media was showing some interest. The editor of the very solid and influential theological magazine, " Publik-Forum " attended my talk in Bad Herrenalb and interviewed me for 90 minutes afterwards. It turns out he had left Christianity for some ten years or so and then reading Meister Eckhart brought him back. His photographer came to Wittenburg as did the photographer for " Bild " newspaper, a blue collar paper with ten million circulation whose editor interviewed me by phone that morning with Peter translating.

I retired inside the church to meditate and get out of the way of Peter and Anne who were building the A Frame apparatus. At 3:50 we received a call that the TV man who was coming was stuck in traffic and would be delayed forty minutes. What to do? We decided on two nailings of the theses. The first for the "Bild" and "Publik Forum" photographers. Then a pause and wait for the TV man to arrive. Only then did I give a brief talk, take questions, and nail the theses a second time.

In between the two events a bus arrived with many black people pouring out of it to look at the doors. They had an English-speaking tour guide. "Where are you from?" I asked one of them. "South Africa." When the guide had finished her speech, I spoke up and said: "I am a theologian from America and I am here to urge a New Reformation in our time and I invite you to stick around for a few minutes until the TV man arrives and hear more about what we are doing and why." The guide gave me a killer look and said "We are in a hurry to get to our next destination" but several members of the group hung back and said "this sounds far more interesting than what we are doing." They had to move on but we gave away about a dozen of the "New Reformation!" books to these South African tourists who, as they told me, were there to look into business connections with Germany.

One of the questions I received with the TV camara going was this: "Is this just about the corruption in the Catholic Church?" "No", I said. "The Protestant church is suffering differently from the Catholic Church--it is more from boredom and acedia, lack of energy to begin new things." And I cited a Protestant Pastor we met the day before who said he felt the church was essentially dead drawing as it does 5-8% of the population. A Reformation--better yet, a Transformation--is called for across the board as we enter a new millennium.

The day was chilly with clouds and some sun shining. The media, ranging from serious theological journal to TV station for the entire area (who promised to send us their footage in a few weeks) to the national blue collar newspaper to a local newspaper will presumably spread some seeds. More response may follow. At least we tried something to wake people up. We shall see what unfolds.

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We had a great turnout on Sunday. We planned for 300-400 peoplle, put out 500 chairs and it was still standing-room-only.

On Monday the seminar was also packed. The discussion was great - very intense seminar.

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Chapter V: 95 Theses or Articles of Faith for a Christianity for the Third Millennium

Like Luther, I present 95 theses or in my case, 95 faith observations drawn from my 64 years of living and practicing religion and spirituality. I trust I am not alone in recognizing these truths. For me they represent a return to our origins, a return to the spirit and the teaching of Jesus and his prophetic ancestors, and of the Christ Which was a spirit that Jesus' presence and teaching unleashed.

Like Luther, I present 95 theses or in my case, 95 faith observations that come from the 64 years of my life and my religious and spiritual practice. I am sure that I was not with the knowledge of these truths alone. For me, they represent a return to our origins, a return to the spirit and teachings of Jesus and his prophetic ancestors, and of the Christ, whose Spirit in the presence and teaching of Jesus was deployed.

first

God is both Mother and Father.

God is mother and father.

second

At this time in history, God is more Mother than Father because the feminine is most missing and it is important to bring gender balance back.

In our time, God is more Mother than Father because the feminine is most missing and it is essential that gender balance restored.

third

God is always new, always young and always "in the beginning."

God is always new, always young and always "in the beginning."

4th

God the Punitive Father is not a God worth honoring but a false god and an idol that serves empire-builders. The notion of a punitive, all-male God, is contrary to the full nature of the Godhead who is as much female and motherly as it is masculine and fatherly.

God the Punitive Father is not adorable deity, but an idol that serves the imperialists. The idea of a punitive, male God, is contrary to the comprehensive nature of the Godhead, which is as much female and motherly as masculine and fatherly.

5th

"All the names we give to God come from an understanding of ourselves." (Eckhart) Thus people who worship a punitive father are themselves punitive.

"amen all N, we give to God come from an understanding of ourselves." (Eckhart) Thus people who worship a punitive father are themselves punitive.

6th

Theism (the idea that God is 'out there' or above and beyond the universe) is false. All things are in God and God is in all things (panentheism).

Theism (the idea that God is somewhere `out there 'or above and beyond the universe) is false. All things are in God, and God in all things (panentheism).

7th

Everyone is born a mystic and a lover who experiences the unity of things and all are called to keep this mystic or lover of life alive.

Everyone is born a mystic and a lover who experiences the unity or of all things and is called, to get this mystic and lover of life alive.

8th

All are called to be prophets Which is to interfere with injustice.

All men are called prophets and prophets to be what is to interfere in injustice.

9th

Wisdom is Love of Life (See the Book of Wisdom: "This is wisdom: to love life" and Christ in John's Gospel: "I have come that you may have life and have it in abundance.")

wisdom is the love of life (see the Book of Wisdom: "This is wisdom: to love life." Christ and the Gospel of John: "I have come that you might have life, abundant life.")

10th

God loves all of creation and science can help us more deeply penetrate and appreciate the mysteries and wisdom of God in creation. Science is no enemy of true religion.

God loves all of creation, and science can help us to penetrate deeper into the mysteries and wisdom of God in creation. Science is no enemy of true religion.

11th

Religion is Not Necessary but spirituality is.

religion is not necessary, but spirituality.

12th

"Jesus does not call us to a new religion but to life." (Bonhoeffer) Spirituality is living life at a depth of newness and gratitude, courage and creativity, trust and letting go, compassion and justice.

"Jesus calls us not to a new religion but to life" (according to Bonhoeffer *). Spirituality means to live life at a depth of newness and gratitude, courage and creativity, confidence and composure, compassion and justice.

13th

Spirituality and religion are not the same thing any more than education and learning, law and justice, or commerce and stewardship are the same thing.

spirituality and religion are no more the same, such as education and knowledge, law and justice, or commerce and stewardship.

14th Christians must distinguish between

God (masculine and history, liberation and salvation) and Godhead (feminine and mystery, being and non-action).

Christians must distinguish between God (masculine and history, liberation and salvation) (feminine and mystery, being and non-action) and divinity.

15th Christians must distinguish between

Jesus (an historical figure) and Christ (the experience of God-in-all-things).

Christians must distinguish between Jesus (an historical figure) and Christ (the experience of God-of-all-things).

16th Christians must distinguish between

Jesus and Paul.

Christians must distinguish between Jesus and Paul.

17th

Jesus, not unlike many spiritual teachers, taught us that we are sons and daughters of God and are to act accordingly by becoming instruments of divine compassion.

unlike many spiritual teachers, taught us that we are sons and daughters of God and therefore us as instruments of divine Compassion must behave.

18th

Ecojustice is a necessity for planetary survival and human ethics and without it we are crucifying the Christ all over again in the form of destruction of forests, waters, species, air and soil.

Environmental justice is necessary for the survival of the planet and human ethics. Without it we are crucifying the Christ all over again in the form of destruction of forests, water, species, air and soil.

19th

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is unjust is sustainable and what is not.

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just , is also sustainable and what is unjust is not.

20th A preferential option

for the poor, as found in the base community movement, is far closer to the teaching and spirit of Jesus than is a preferential option for the rich and powerful as found in, for example, Opus Dei.

One option for the poor, such as in the movement of the base communities, the teaching and spirit of Jesus is much closer than the option for the rich and powerful, such as Opus Dei.

21st

Economic Justice requires the work of creativity to birth a system of economics that is global, respectful of the health and wealth of the earth system and that works for ave

Economic Justice requires the work of creativity to produce an economic system that is global, respectful of the health and wealth of the earth systems and that works for all people.

22nd

Celebration and worship are key to human survival and community and such reminders of joy deserve new forms that speak in the language of the twenty-first century.

celebration and worship are key to human community and survival. Such reminders of joy deserve new forms that speak the language of the 21st century.

23rd
Sexuality is a sacred act
and a spiritual experience, a theophany (revelation of the Divine), a mystical experience. It is holy and deserves to be honored as such.

sexuality is a sacred act and a spiritual experience, a theophany (revelation of the Divine), a mystical experience. It is holy and deserves to be honored as such to be.

24th Creativity is both

humanity's greatest gift and its most powerful weapon for evil and so it ought to be both encouraged and steered to humanity's most God-like activity Which all religions agree is: Compassion.

creativity is both the greatest gift to mankind and its most powerful weapon for evil. So it ought to be encouraged compassion and steered to - say, like all religions agree - most God act of humanity.

25th

There is a priesthood of all workers (all who are doing good work are midwives of grace And Therefore priests) and this priesthood ought to be honored as sacred and workers should be instructed in spirituality in order to carry on their ministry effectively.

There are (doing good work and midwives of grace and therefore priests), a priesthood of all workers, and this priesthood should be honored as sacred, and the workers should be taught in spirituality in order to exercise their ministry effectively.

26th

Empire-building is incompatible with Jesus' life and teaching and with Paul's life and teaching and with the teaching of holy religion.

imperialism is not compatible with the life and teachings of Jesus and the life and teachings of Paul and the teachings of the holy religions.

27th

Ideology is not theology and ideology endangers the faith because it replaces thinking with obedience, and distracts from the responsibility of theology to adapt the wisdom of the past to today's needs. Instead of theology it demands loyalty oaths to the past.

is ideology not theology, but also endangers the faith because it replaces thinking with obedience, and distracts from the responsibility of theology to adapt the wisdom of the past to today's needs. Instead of theology it demands loyalty oaths to the past.

28

Loyalty is not a sufficient criterion for ecclesial office-proven intelligence and conscience is.

loyalty is not sufficient for a Ministry - intelligence and a conscience demonstrating itself.

29th No matter how much

the television media fawn over the pope and papacy because it makes good theater, the pope is not the church but has a ministry within the church. Papalolotry is a contemporary form of idolatry and must be resisted by all believers.

No matter how much the television media fawn over the pope and the papacy because it makes good theater is, but the Pope is not the church but has a ministry within the church. Papalolotry is a contemporary form of idolatry and must be resisted by all believers.

30th

Creating a church of Sycophants is not a holy thing. Sycophants (Webster's dictionary defines them as "servile self-seeking flat charterer") are not spiritual people for their only virtue is obedience. A Society of Sycophants - sycophant clergy, sycophant semi-Arian, sycophant bishops, sycophant cardinals, sycophant religious orders of Opus Dei, Legioneers of Christ and Communion and Liberation, and the sycophant press - do not represent in any way the teachings or the person of the historical Jesus who chose to stand up to power rather than amassing it.

is to create a church of Sycophants nothing sacred. Sycophants (Lexicon "servile self-seeking flatterers") are not spiritual people for their only virtue is obedience. A society of Sycophants - sycophant clergy, sycophant seminarians, sycophant bishops, sycophant cardinals sycophant religious orders such as Opus Dei, the Legionaries of Christ and Communion and Liberation, and the sycophant press - represent in any way the teachings or to accumulate the person of the historical Jesus, who chose to stand up to power rather than her.

31st

Vows of pontifical secrecy are a certain way to corruption and cover-up in the church as in any human organization.

pontifical secrecy are in the church a certain way to corruption and cover-up as in any human organization.

32nd

original sin is not to ultimate expression of a punitive father God and is a Biblical teaching. But original blessing (goodness and grace) is biblical.

Original sin is an ultimate expression of a punitive father God and not a Biblical teaching. The original blessing (goodness and mercy) is biblical.

33rd

The term "original wound" better Describes the separation humans experience on leaving the womb and entering the world, a world that is often unjust and unwelcoming than does the term "original sin."

The term "original wound" describes better than "original sin", the division that people experience when they leave the womb and when you enter a world that often unjust and repellent.

34th

Fascism and the compulsion to control is not the path of peace or compassion and those who practice fascism are not fitting models for sainthood. The seizing of the apparatus of Canonization canonize to fascists is a stain on the church.

fascism and the compulsion to control is not the path to peace or compassion. And those who practice fascism are not appropriate role models of holiness. The misuse of the apparatus for canonization canonization of fascists is a blot on the church.

35th

The Spirit of Jesus and other prophets calls people to simple life styles in order that "the people may live."

The spirit of Jesus and other prophets calls people to a simple life, so that "the people may live."

36th

Dancing, Whose root meaning in many indigenous cultures is the same as breath or spirit, is a very ancient and Appropriate form # in which to pray.

dancing in many indigenous cultures is the same root meaning as breath or spirit, is a very ancient and appropriate form of prayer.

37th To honor the

ancestors and celebrate the communion of saints does not mean putting heroes on pedestals but rather honoring them by living out lives of
imagination, courage and compassion in our own time, culture and historical moment as they did in theirs.

to honor the ancestors and to celebrate the communion of saints does not mean putting heroes on pedestals, but to honor the fact that we live in our own time, culture and historical moment, courageous and compassionate as they it did in theirs.

38th

A diversity of interpretation of the Jesus Christ event and the experience is altogether expected and welcomed as it was in the earliest days of the church.

As in the early days of the Church is a diversity of interpretation of the events surrounding Jesus Christ and the experience is expected and welcomed.

39th

Therefore unity of church does not mean conformity. There is unity in diversity. Coerced unity is not unity.

means unity of the Church is therefore not conformity. There is unity in diversity. Forced unity is not unity.

40th The Holy Spirit

is perfectly capable of working through participatory democracy in church structures and hierarchical modes of being can indeed interfere with the work of the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is perfectly able to work in participatory democracy in church structures and hierarchical models can hinder the work of the Spirit.

41st

The body is an awe-filled Sacred Temple of God and this does not mean it is untouchable but rather that all its dimensions, well named by the seven chakras, are as holy as the others.

The body is a temple of God reverently. And that does not mean that he was untouchable, but that all its dimensions - named as the seven chakras - are equally sacred.

42nd

Thus our connection with the earth (first chakra) is holy, and our sexuality (second chakra) is holy, and our moral outrage (third chakra) is holy, and our love that stands up to fear (fourth chakra) is holy ; and our prophetic voice that speaks out is holy (fifth chakra), and our intuition and intelligence (sixth chakra) are holy, and we extend our gifts to the community of light beings and ancestors (seventh chakra) are holy.

is why our association with the sacred earth (first chakra), and our sexuality is sacred (second chakra) is holy and our moral outrage (third chakra), and our love that goes against the fear is holy (fourth chakra) and our prophetic voice that is holy (fifth chakra), and our intuition and intelligence are holy (sixth chakra) and our gifts with which we share in the community of light beings and ancestors are sacred (seventh Chakra).

43rd

The prejudice of rationalism and left-brain located in the head must be balanced by attention to the lower chakras as equal places for wisdom and truth and Spirit to act.

The prejudice of rationalism and located in the head left brain must be balanced by attention to the lower chakras, which also embody
wisdom and truth and Spirit to act.

44th

The central chakra, compassion, is the test of the health of all the others Which are meant to serve it for "by their fruits you will know them" (Jesus).

The central chakra, compassion, is the touchstone for the health of all others who are to serve him, because "by their fruits ye shall know them" (Jesus).

45th

"Joy is the human's Noble act." (Aquinas) Is our culture and its professions, education and religion, promoting joy?

"Joy is the noblest work of man." (Thomas Aquinas) Is our culture and its professions, education and religion, joy?

46th The human psyche

is made for the cosmos and will not be satisfied until the two are re-united and awe, the beginning of wisdom, results from this reunion.

The human soul is for the cosmos created and will not be satisfied until the two are not united and awe, the beginning of wisdom, results from this.

47th

The four paths named in the creation spiritual tradition more fully name the mystical / prophetic spiritual journey of Jesus and the Jewish tradition than do the three paths of purgation, illumination and union Which Do not derive from the Jewish and Biblical tradition.

The four named in the creation tradition paths represent the mystical and prophetic spiritual journey of Jesus and the Jewish tradition as the three paths of purgation, illumination and union, not from the Jewish and biblical tradition originate.

48th Thus it can be

said that God is experienced in experiences of ecstasy, joy, wonder and delight (via positiva).

Therefore, one can say that God is experienced in an experience of ecstasy, joy, wonder and delight (via positiva).

49th

God is experienced in darkness, chaos, nothingness, suffering, silence and in learning to let go and let be (via negativa).

God is experienced in darkness, chaos, nothingness, suffering, silence and in learning to let go and letting be (via negativa).

50th

God is experienced in acts of creativity and co-creation (Via creativa).

God is experienced in acts of creativity and co-creation (via creativa).

51st All people are born

creative. It is spirituality's task to Encourage holy imagination for all are born in the "image and likeness" of the Creative One and "the fierce power of imagination is a gift from God." (Kaballah)

All people are born creative. It is an object of spirituality to encourage holy imagination for all are "in the image and likeness" of creativity born and "the
fierce power of imagination is a gift of God" (Kabbalah).

52nd
artist if you can talk to you are;
If you can talk you can sing, if you can walk you can dance. (African proverb and Native American saying)

If you can talk, you can also sing, if you can walk can you dance well, if you can talk, you're an artist. (African and Native American proverb)

53rd

God is experienced in our struggle for justice, healing, compassion and celebration (via transformativa).

God is experienced in our struggle for justice, healing, compassion and public (via transformativa).

54th The Holy Spirit

works through all cultures and all spiritual traditions and blows "where it wills" and is not the exclusive domain of any one tradition and
never has been.

The Holy Spirit works through all cultures and all spiritual traditions and blows where he wills "and is one tradition and never was exclusive.

55th

God speaks today as in the past through all religions and all cultures and all faith traditions none of Which is perfect and an exclusive avenue to truth but all of Which can learn from each other.

God speaks today as in the past by all religions and all cultures and all faith traditions, all is perfect and the sole avenue to truth, but can all learn from each other.

56th

Therefore Interfaith or Deep Ecumenism are a Necessary part of spiritual practice and awareness in our time.

Therefore, an inter-faith and deep ecumenism necessary part of a modern spiritual practice and awareness.

57th

Since the "number one obstacle to interfaith is a bad relationship with one's own faith," (the Dalai Lama) it is important that Christians know their own
mystical and prophetic tradition, one that is larger than a religion of empire and its father punitive images of God.

Since "the main obstacle to a religious meeting a bad relationship with their faith, "(the Dalai Lama), it is important for Christians to their own mystical and
prophetic tradition meet, which is broader than a religion of the empire and its punitive father God's image.

58th

The cosmos is God's holy Temple and our holy home.

The cosmos is God's holy Temple and our sacred homeland.

59th

Fourteen billion years of evolution and unfolding of the universe bespeak the intimate sacredness of all that is.

billion years of evolution and unfolding of the universe point to the intimate sacredness of all existence.

60th

All that is is holy and all that is is related for all being in our universe began as one being just before the fire ball ERUPTED.

All that is is holy, and all that is is related to each other, for all being in our universe began as one being just before the big bang happened.

61st

interconnectivity is not only a law of physics and of nature but then forms the basis of community and of compassion. Compassion is the working out of our shared interconnectivity both as to our shared joy and our shared suffering and struggle for justice.

Interconnectivity is not just a physical and natural law, but also provides the basis of community and compassion dar. compassion is the realization of our interconnectedness, both with respect to our common joy and in respect of our common suffering and our struggle for justice.

62nd The universe does not

suffer from a shortage of grace and no religious institution is to see its task as rationing grace. Grace is abundant in God's universe.

The universe does not suffer from a lack of grace and no religious institution is to see its task as rationing grace. In God's world there are plenty of grace.

63rd

Creation, Incarnation and Resurrection are continuously happening on a cosmic as well as a personal scale. So too are Life, Death and Resurrection (regeneration and reincarnation) happening on a cosmic scale as well as a personal one.

creation, incarnation and resurrection happened on a cosmic as a personal scale. And the same goes for life, death and resurrection (regeneration and reincarnation) happening on a cosmic scale as personal.

64th

Biophilia or Love of Life is everyone's daily task.

biophilia or love is to live our daily task of all.

65th

Necrophilia or love of death is to be opposed to self and society in all its forms.

Necrophilia or love of death to be opposed in ourselves and in society in all its forms.

66th

Evil can happen through every people, every nation, every tribe, and every human individual and so vigilance and self-criticism and criticism are always called for institutional.

Evil can be done by every nation, every people, every tribe, and every individual. Therefore, vigilance, self-criticism and institutional critique are always in demand.

67th

Not all who call themselves "Christian" deserve that name just as "not all who say 'Lord, Lord' shall enter the kingdom of heaven "(Jesus).

Not all who call themselves "Christians" deserve this name, as "not all," 'Lord, Lord,' say, will enter the kingdom of heaven "(Jesus).

68th

Pedophilia is a terrible wrong but its cover-up by hierarchy is even more despicable.

pedophilia is a terrible wrong, but their cover-ups by the hierarchy is even more heinous.

69th Loyalty and obedience are

never a greater virtue than justice and conscience.

loyalty and obedience are never greater virtue than conscience and justice.

70th Jesus said nothing about

condoms, birth control or homosexuality.

Jesus never said anything about condoms, birth control and homosexuality.

71st

A church that is more preoccupied with sexual wrongs than with wrongs of injustice is itself sick.

A church that is more preoccupied with sexual wrongs than with injustice is itself sick.

72nd Since homosexuality is

found among 464 species and in 8 percent of any given human population, it is altogether natural for those who are born that way and is a gift from God and nature to the greater community.

Since homosexuality is found among 464 species and in 8% of each human population, it is with those who are born to a completely natural thing, a
gift from God and nature to the greater community.

73rd

Homophobia in any form is a serious sin against love of neighbor, a sin of ignorance of the richness and diversity of God's creation as well as a sin of exclusion.

homophobia in any form is a serious sin against love of neighbor, a sin against the richness and diversity in God's creation as well as a sin of exclusion.

74th

Racism, Sexism and militarism are so serious sins.

racism, sexism, and militarism are also serious sins.

75th

Poverty and for the many luxury for the few is not right or sustainable.

poverty for many and luxury for the few is not right or sustainable.

76th

Consumerism is today's version of gluttony and needs to be confronted by Creating an economic system that works for all peoples and all earth's creatures.

consumerism is the contemporary version of gluttony and needs to be confronted by that set up an economic system is that all peoples and all
is the essence of earth.

77th

seminaries as we know them, with their excessive emphasis on left-brain work, often kill and corrupt the mystical soul of the young instead of encouraging the mysticism and prophetic consciousness that is there. They should be replaced by wisdom schools.

The universities, as we know it today, with their excessive emphasis on left hemisphere, kill and corrupt the mystical soul of the youth held the mysticism and prophetic consciousness encouraging. They should be replaced by wisdom schools.

78th

Inner work is required of us all Therefore spiritual practices of meditation should be available to all and this helps in calming the reptilian brain. Silence or contemplation and learning to be still can and ought to be taught to all children and adults.

work is required of us all. Therefore, all spiritual practices of meditation should be available and help to calm the reptilian brain. All children and adults should learn to silence or contemplation, and still can.

79th

Outer work needs to flow from our inner work just as action flows from non-action and action from being true.

The external work needs to flow from our inner work, and activities arises from the non-action and real action from being.

80th

A wise test of right action is this: What is the effect of this action on people seven generations from today?

as a test of right action is this: What is the effect of this action on people seven generations from today?

81st

Another test of right action is this: Is what I am doing, is what we are doing, beautiful or not?

Another test of right action is this: If I am doing, is our doing, beautiful?

82nd

Eros, the passion for living, is a virtue that combats acedia or the lack of energy to begin new things and is therefore expressed as depression, cynicism or sloth (also known as "couchpotatoitis").

Eros, the passion for life is a virtue that counteracts the inertia or lack of energy to begin new things and is also expressed as depression, cynicism and laziness.

83rd

The Dark Night of the Soul descends on us all and the proper response is not searchable as shopping addiction, alcohol, drugs, TV, sex or religion but rather to be with the darkness and learn from it.

The dark night of the soul affects us all and the proper response is not addiction such as shopping, Alcohol, drugs, TV, sex or religion, but to be with the darkness and learning from them.

84th

he Dark Night of the Soul is a learning place of great depth. Stillness is required.

The dark night of the soul is a place very deep learning. This requires silence.

85th

Not only is there a Dark Night of the Soul but that is a Dark Night of Society and a Dark Night of Our Species.

Not only is there a dark night of the soul, but a dark night of the society and a dark night of our species of humanity.

86th

chaos is a friend and a teacher and integral part or prelude to new birth. Therefore it is not to be feared or compulsively controlled.

Chaos is a friend and teacher and an integral part or a prelude to new birth. Therefore, it is not to be feared or to control compulsive.

87th

Authentic science can and must be one of humanity's sources of wisdom for it is a source of sacred awe, of childlike wonder, and of truth.

Real science can and must be one of the sources of human wisdom, for it is a source of sacred awe, childlike wonder and truth.

88th

When science teaches that matter is "frozen light" (physicist David Bohm) it is freeing human thought from scapegoating flesh as something evil and instead reassuring us that all things are light. This same teaching is found in the Christian Gospels (Christ is the light in all things) and in Buddhist teaching (the Buddha nature is in all things). Therefore, flesh does not sin, it is our choices that are sometimes off center.

If science teaches that matter is "frozen light" (physicist David Bohm), it is freeing humanity from making the meat a scapegoat of evil and instead reassuring us that all things are light. The same teaching is found in the Gospels (Christ is the light in all things) and in the Buddhist Teaching (the Buddha-nature is in all things). Therefore, the flesh is not sinful, but our decisions are the ones who sometimes go by the point.

89th

The proper objects of the human heart are truth and justice (Aquinas) and all people have a right to these through healthy education and healthy government.

The proper objects of the human heart, truth and justice (Aquinas), and all people have a right to these through healthy education and healthy government.

90th

"God" is only one name for the Divine One and there are an infinite number of names for God and Godhead and still God "has no name and will never be given a name. "(Eckhart)

" God "is just a name of the divine. There are many names for God and the deity, but "God has no name and will never be named" (Meister Eckhart)

91st

Three highways into the heart are silence and love and grief.

three-way into the heart are silence and love and grief.

92nd

The grief in the human heart needs to be attended to by rituals and practices that, when practiced, will lessen anger and allow creativity to flow anew.

We need to by rituals and exercises to Grief in the human heart care, lessen anger and allow creativity to flow anew.

93rd

Two highways out of the heart are creativity and acts of justice and compassion.

two ways out of the heart are creativity and acts of justice and compassion.

94th

Since angels learn Exclusively by intuition, when we develop our powers of intuition we can expect to meet angels along the way. Since angels learn

only by intuition, we can expect to develop our powers of intuition to meet angels.

95th

True intelligence includes feeling, sensitivity, beauty, the gift of nourishment and humor Which is a gift of the Spirit, being a paradox, its sister.

True intelligence includes feeling, sensitivity, beauty, the gift of affection and humor, which is a spiritual force, as with the paradox sister.

* were lack of time, unfortunately, the items whose original language is German (Eckhart, Bonhoeffer) can not be found in the original, but are re-translated from English. (Editor's translator) For the translation into German in charge.