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Maria Montessori and Thomas Berry,
Birds of a Feather |
Maria Montessori and Thomas Berry agree on the importance of making room for the universe in how we look at the world. |
Montessori writes: If the idea of the universe be presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for [them]
than just arouse [their] interest, for it will create in [them] admiration and wonder, a feeling loftier than any interest and more satisfying. | “Children learn through play; the role of play in the life of a child is paramount. Even more so is…outdoor play in a natural environment…” West Side Montessori |
This is quite a promise. But Berry speaks to the same reality, that of wonder and its importance, when he writes: We will
recover our sense of wonder and our sense of the sacred [notice that for Berry they are the same thing] only if we appreciate the universe beyond ourselves as a revelatory experience of that numinous presence whence all things come into being. Indeed, the universe is the primary scared reality. We become sacred by our participation in this more sublime dimension of the world about us. Montessori elaborates on her point spoken above when she says: |
| The knowledge [the child] then acquires is organized and systematic; his or her intelligence comes whole and complete because of the vision of the whole that has been present to him or her and their interest |
spreads to all, for all are linked and have their place in the universe on which their mind is centered. The stars, the earth, stones, life of all kinds form a whole in relation with each other, and so close is the relation that we cannot understand a stone without some understanding of the great
sun!* |
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Queries for Contemplation Montessori talks of “the mind being centered on the universe.” And this beginning when we are young, our capacity for the whole. Do adults have their minds “centered on the universe” and are we teaching the children such matters? |
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Christian Mystics: 365 Readings & Meditations The 365 writings in Christian Mystics represent a wide-ranging sampling of these readings for modern-day seekers of all faiths — or no faith. The visionaries quoted range from Julian of Norwich to Martin Luther King, Jr.; from Hildegard of Bingen and Meister Eckhart to Thomas Merton; from Father Bede Griffiths to Dorothee Soelle and Thomas Berry.
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