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Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox 

10/2/2024

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But we also must learn the lessons of what Mother Earth is trying to tell us in the wake of Helene. That is why I talk about the Scream from Helene. 

A shaman whom I respect deeply told me over 20 years ago that the four-legged 

‘It’s an all hands on deck type of response’: Red Cross teams from around the U.S. and Western NY provide relief after Helene. Hope Winter of Buffalo WIVB-TV reports.

ones are so worried about humans that they were holding gatherings in which they discussed how they can help us. They concluded that they can enter our dreams more fully and that those who are our pets can assert themselves more.

When I ran into the same shaman a few years ago, I asked him: “Are the four-legged ones still having meetings to talk about us”? His answer was: “They are, but they are no longer talking about us—they are screaming about us.” This scream from Helene is also a scream from the other beings with whom we share this planet.

When will we humans wake up? When will our media that reports on politicians and presidential candidates wake up? And our religions too? And academia? And judges and billionaires? It is happening some, but clearly not enough.

In a number of my public talks about creation spirituality over the past 30 years, I have repeated that the three most important moral issues of our time are these:

Drought, hurricane, wildfire, and rising seas: Earth in distress and out of balance. Clockwise from top left: Photo from Pexels on Pixabay; Photo by Alexander Gerst on Flickr; Photo by USDA Forest Service on Flickr; Photo by Jaymantri on Pexels. Collage by Phila Hoopes.

1.   The environment.

2.   The environment.

3.   The environment.

This is still the case—and even more so today as global warming has increased. 

If the causes for Helene and the hurricanes like her still to come—of which the warming of the oceans are primary—are not addressed, we can kiss every other issue goodbye. 

It will not matter what ideology or political or economic system or military invention or billionaire buddy you have in your camp if you have, like the citizens of North Carolina, etc., no water to drink, no town left, no roads, no roof over your head, no soil to farm.

I propose in my book, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, that what Christians like to call the “second coming” is in fact the coming alive of our species. Our waking up. To what? To our being other Christs and therefore our dignity as other Christs. And to our responsibility as other Christs. In this sense, we are the second coming of Christ—or ought to be. Here lies the next step in our evolutionary journey: Putting love and justice first.

This also means standing up to antichrists who shout lies about reality. And sell their souls and bargain away even our Mother Earth.

And those who support matricide while mouthing platitudes of loving

Melissa Etheridge sings “I Need to Wake Up” from the motion picture An Inconvenient Truth.

their children and grandchildren. Jesus called such politicians of his day “hypocrites” and “whitened sepulchers.” 

Politicians of our day have tried to make a case that “waking up” is a negative thing. Being “woke” is some kind of sin we are told. Whereas it is the very meaning of metanoia or change of heart and consciousness.

Indeed, Meister Eckhart (and Kabir, Rumi, Jesus and St. Paul) propose that waking up is the very meaning of spirituality. 

Wake up from the dead. Before all life on earth as we know it is dead. And Earth everywhere looks like the tale that Hurricane Helene is shouting to us.  

To be continued.

If you would like to help the survivors of Helene, these organizations are among the many providing assistance on the ground:

• American Red Cross
• World Central Kitchen
• United Cajun Navy
• Local Resources for North Carolina aid 

Adapted from Matthew Fox, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ.

And Fox, “Sermon Eight: This Is Spirituality: Waking Up,” in Fox, Passion For Creation: The Earth-Honoring Spirituality of Meister Eckhart, pp. 126-136.

And Fox, Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality.

And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth.

And Fox, Trump & MAGA as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election.

Statement of Solidarity with Israel/Palestine.

And Fox, Confessions: The Making of a Postdenominational Priest.

Banner Image: Post-Helene flood devastation in Asheville. Photo by Asheville resident Skylar Wilson,  co-director of The Cosmic Mass and the Order of the Sacred Earth. Used with permission.

Matthew Fox delivers an Earth Talk on “Recovering the Sacredness 
of the Earth,” Schumacher College, Dartington, April 23, 2014.

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Queries for Contemplation

Do you seek out the causes of Helene even as you deepen your own concern for the future of our planet? Do you work to support politicians and media who seek to tell the truth about global warming and what we can do about it?

Recommended Reading

The Coming of the Cosmic Christ: The Healing of Mother Earth and the Birth of a Global Renaissance

In what may be considered the most comprehensive outline of the Christian paradigm shift of our Age, Matthew Fox eloquently foreshadows the manner in which the spirit of Christ resurrects in terms of the return to an earth-based mysticism, the expression of creativity, mystical sexuality, the respect due the young, the rebirth of effective forms of worship—all of these mirroring the ongoing blessings of Mother Earth and the recovery of Eros, the feminine aspect of the Divine.
“The eighth wonder of the world…convincing proof that our Western religious tradition does indeed have the depth of imagination to reinvent its faith.” — Brian Swimme, author of The Universe Story and Journey of the Universe.
 “This book is a classic.” Thomas Berry, author of The Great Work and The Dream of the Earth.

Passion for Creation: The Earth-Honoring Spirituality of Meister Eckhart

Matthew Fox’s comprehensive translation of Meister Eckhart’s sermons is a meeting of true prophets across centuries, resulting in a spirituality for the new millennium. The holiness of creation, the divine life in each person and the divine power of our creativity, our call to do justice and practice compassion–these are among Eckhart’s themes, brilliantly interpreted and explained for today’s reader.
“The most important book on mysticism in 500 years.”  — Madonna Kolbenschlag, author of Kissing Sleeping Beauty Goodbye.  

Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality

Matthew Fox lays out a whole new direction for Christianity—a direction that is in fact very ancient and very grounded in Jewish thinking (the fact that Jesus was a Jew is often neglected by Christian theology): the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality, the Vias Positiva, Negativa, Creativa and Transformativa in an extended and deeply developed way.
“Original Blessing makes available to the Christian world and to the human community a radical cure for all dark and derogatory views of the natural world wherever these may have originated.” –Thomas Berry, author, The Dream of the Earth; The Great Work; co-author, The Universe Story

Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth

Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality and in South American Liberation Theology. Creation Spirituality challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just Creator.
“A watershed theological work that offers a common ground for religious seekers and activists of all stripes.” — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice.

Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election

Matthew Fox tells us that he had always shied away from using the term “Anti-Christ” because it was so often used to spread control and fear. However, given today’s rise of authoritarianism and forces of democracide, ecocide, and christofascism, he turns the tables in this book employing the archetype for the cause of justice, democracy, and a renewed Earth and humanity.
For immediate access to Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election, order the e-book with 10 full-color prints from Amazon HERE. 
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Order the audiobook HERE for immediate download.

Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest (Revised/Updated Edition)

Matthew Fox’s stirring autobiography, Confessions, reveals his personal, intellectual, and spiritual journey from altar boy, to Dominican priest, to his eventual break with the Vatican. Five new chapters in this revised and updated edition bring added perspective in light of the author’s continued journey, and his reflections on the current changes taking place in church, society and the environment.
“The unfolding story of this irrepressible spiritual revolutionary enlivens the mind and emboldens the heart — must reading for anyone interested in courage, creativity, and the future of religion.”
—Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self

The Return of Father Sky: A Cosmic Mystery for Kids of All Ages

The second book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series, The Return of Father Sky helps boys and girls to celebrate a new relationship with the masculine by way of Father Sky, whose return excites joy and wonder and possibility that enlarge the soul to welcome others and all creation. Written in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-like style, this full-color, beautifully illustrated book, written by world- renowned theologian Matthew Fox weaves together modern science and classic spirituality in a whimsical, entertaining format to illustrate important truths to readers aged 4 and up. With artwork curated from illustrators around the world, this book expresses the joy and wonder of all peoples and cultures, planting seeds of respect, cooperation and hope to work together for the healing of our planet.

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