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Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
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The Un-Supreme Court and
the Unraveling of America
We have been meditating on the 7th chakra and its capacity, when healthy, to extend light into building community and linking up with allies, whether ancestors, other community builders, or
angels to do so.
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There is a shadow side to this chakra too that includes envy and violence and hatred that threaten to kill community and make it unravel. Hildegard of Bingen identifies that with the anti-Christ and illustrates it in the painting at right.
The sloppy and embarrassing work of five members of the Supreme Court in overthrowing an established law and taking back rights for women to decide what to do with their own bodies is clearly going to unravel the American society, its respect for law and the supreme court (which before yesterday was at an all-time low of 25%).
| Unraveling of the ropes of the universe in upper left hand corner by Hildegard of Bingen. Found in Matthew Fox’s Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen.
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My sister wrote me some thoughts about the Supreme Court decision. Says she:
My own thoughts besides despair are best summarized here. Government does not belong in these decisions.
The only good I’m seeing is maybe, just maybe, Democrats will win in the midterms now. We need a new Supreme Court. Add members. Be tough.
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The Roberts Court, April 23, 2021. Seated, L to R: Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor Standing, L to R:
Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. Photo by Fred Schilling on Wikimedia Commons.
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She shared this piece by Rebecca Solnit who reminds us that today is George Orwell’s 117th birthday, and in honor of said birthday we can say this:
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
A cluster of cells invisible to the human eye is a person and a woman is not.
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Ignorance is strength.
To which I add my own birthday greetings to George Orwell:
A Corporation is a person and a woman is not.
Setting women up to die in childbirth is Pro-Life.
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Telling women to carry a rapist’s fetus or a father, brother or uncle incest perpetrator to term is pro-life.
Telling an 11 year old child to carry a rapist’s fetus to term is exactly what supreme court judges should be telling 350 million American citizens in the year 2022.
And this from my sister: Be sure to set your clock back 50 years before you go to bed tonight.
But I ask whether we should set our clocks back 450 years to the 17th century because Alito actually cites two jurists from that time who endorsed the trying and burning of witches!!!!
| TikTok reel by the minister of The Riverside Church on Biblical teachings about abortion.
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Real historians (none of whom Alito bothered to consult and Alito is not one himself) inform us that even then in the 17th century other jurists dismissed those two misogynists for what they were. But Alito, who had this section in his leaked version of his document, proudly left them in the
final version of his embarrassing document.
To be continued...
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Queries for Contemplation
Take the list created in honor of George Orwell’s birthday and add your own words. Which statements in the current two lists speak most deeply to you?
See Matthew Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society, pp. 359-374.
Banner Image: Prophetic rally: Illinois Handmaids “Stop Brett Kavanaugh” Rally, Downtown Chicago Illinois 8-26-18. Photo by Charles Edward Miller on Wikimedia Commons
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Sins
of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about
our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we can do about them.
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a better vision and depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science. A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the new Physics
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Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen
An introduction to the life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, Illuminations reveals the life and teachings of one of the greatest female artists and intellectuals of the Western Mystical Tradition. At the age of 42, she began to have visions; these were captured as 36 illuminations–24 of which are recorded in this book along with her commentaries on them.
“If one person deserves credit for the great Hildegard renaissance in our time, it is Matthew Fox.” – Dr Mary Ford-Grabowsky, author of Sacred Voices.
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See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE
Join Alessandra Belloni and Matthew Fox for a shared online event, "The Black Madonna: Patron and Protector of the GLBTQ and Other Outcasts of Dominant Society." Wednesday,
June 29, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE.
Join Matthew Fox as he offers an online lecture and Q&A on "Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint for Our Times" to The College of Psychic Studies, London, Thursday, June 30,
11:00am-12:30pm PT. Register HERE.
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Join Matthew Fox at the monthly Our Lady of the Prairie Virtual Retreat with a discussion of "The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times." Thursday, July 14,
4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE.
Creation Spirituality in Conversation.
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Victor Fuhrman of Destination Unlimited on OMTimes interviews Matthew Fox on Essential Writings on Creation Spirituality. Navigate to the podcast page by clicking the image on the left.
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Announcing Matthew Fox's Newest Book!
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Matthew Fox: Essential Writings on Creation Spirituality
Selected with an introduction by Charles Burack
“This collection of Fox’s most life-giving insights blesses the connection between caring for our Mother-the-Earth and lifting up marginalized voices, between waking up from the dream of separation and stepping up to mend the net of creation.”
—Mirabai Starr, author, God of Love and Wild Mercy
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