The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox |
An Imam and a Rabbi Speaking Out Together on the War in Gaza 10/31/2023 |
We are meditating on our species’ capacity for compassion. Meister Eckhart says, “What happens to another, whether it be a joy or a sorrow, happens to me.” That is a fine working understanding of
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In Matthew 25, Jesus says that in his own way: Feed the hungry and you feed me; visit the prisoner and you visit me…shelter the homeless and you shelter me. An invitation to see the Christ in all peoples, especially those who suffer. On a recent program of All Things Considered*, host Ari Shapiro invited two persons to interact, Imam Mohamed Herbert of the Islamic Center of Johnson |
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County, Kansas, and Sharon Brous, a senior rabbi and founder of IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. Each
was asked how they are guiding their congregations, and this is how they replied: Imam Herbert talked about how he prepared a sermon for the Friday service that was a reflection
piece, taking an opportunity to reflect on our lives internally and then to think about how it is that we will respond externally….Faith without action is absolutely useless, and action without faith is misguided….One of the key things that I hope for my community to step away from the sermon with is understanding that there is pain on both sides, right? |
Sharon Brous, founding rabbi of the nondenominational Los Angeles synagogue IKAR | Rabbi Brous spoke
thus: I see the pastor’s task as offering some kind of moral clarity, which in this case means both repeating again and again that there is no justification for crimes against
humanity…And I also need to remind my community that Palestinians are suffering terribly also now and will continue to in the days ahead. And so just as we ask the world to see our pain and |
stand with us in our sorrow, it’s our moral and spiritual obligation to do the same, to expand our lens of care and concern to also encompass the Palestinian people. |
See Matthew Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion.
And
Fox, Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior For Our Times.
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Queries for Contemplation What does it mean to you to listen to this Imam and Rabbi listening to each other at this time of war and violence? And the message each is bringing forth? |
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A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
In A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew
Fox delivers a profound exploration of the meaning and practice of compassion. Establishing a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing, Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence which is the substratum of all compassionate activity.
“Well worth our
deepest consideration…Puts compassion into its proper focus after centuries of neglect.” –The Catholic Register
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Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior For Our Time
While Matthew Fox recognizes that Meister Eckhart has influenced thinkers throughout history, he also wants to introduce Eckhart to today’s
activists addressing contemporary crises. Toward that end, Fox creates dialogues between Eckhart and Carl Jung, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabbi Heschel, Black Elk, Karl Marx, Rumi, Adrienne Rich, Dorothee Soelle, David Korten, Anita Roddick, Lily Yeh, M.C. Richards, and many others.
“Matthew Fox is perhaps the greatest writer on Meister Eckhart that has ever existed. (He) has successfully bridged a gap between Eckhart as a
shamanistic personality and Eckhart as a post-modern mentor to the Inter-faith movement, to reveal just how cosmic Eckhart really is, and how remarkably relevant to today’s religious crisis! ” — Steven Herrmann, Author of Spiritual Democracy: The Wisdom of Early American Visionaries for the Journey Forward |
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UPCOMING EVENTS See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE Join Matthew Fox for two days of learning and practice as he speaks at the online Stanford Medicine Contemplation by Design Summit, Wednesday and Thursday, November 1-2, 2023. Wed 4:00pm-5:30pm PT – Lecture, Q&A – Grounding & Expanding, Psyche & Cosmos, Friendship with Self, Others, the Universe: Toward a “Cosmic Religion” (Einstein) and Human/Planetary Survival Thu 7:30am-8:15am – Guided Practice – Finding the Divine (the “I am”, the Christ, the Buddha Nature, the Tselem or Image of God) Within Thu 12:00pm-1:30pm – Workshop – Recovering the Sacred Masculine and the
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Join Matthew Fox as he delivers a Lecture and Q&A: “Towards a New Mythology: New & Ancient Names for God from Mystical Ancestors and Contemporary Science (& Fit for Some Atheists too)” as part of the Unitarian Universalist of Berkeley Lawrence Lecture Series. Friday, November 10, 2023, 7:00pm-8:30pm PT. Register HERE. |
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Hunger for Wholeness: What is Wholeness in the Midst of Crisis with Matthew Fox (Part 1) In the midst
of increased violence between Israel and Palestine, Ilia Delio and theologian Matthew Fox discuss the state of the world today and how to have courage in Part 1 of their conversation. Ilia and Matt discuss his mentor, Marie Dominique Chenu, the influence of liberation theology on social justice in the church today, and what can still be learned. |
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