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Week of 1/6-11/2025:
Compassion & Spiritual Warriorhood 1/12/2025 |
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January 6, 2024: Further Lessons from the Universe: Interdependence & Compassion
We explore certain “habits” of the universe that expand our souls. First, we look at interconnectivity or
interdependence. Compassion is “the moral law” of interconnectivity, the cosmic law of responding to another’s pain and suffering. Hildegard of Bingen said: Everything that is in the heavens on the earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness. And Meister Eckhart said: What happens to another, whether it be joy or sorrow, happens to me. The Dalai Lama says: We can do away with all religion, but we can’t do away with
compassion. Compassion is my religion. Jesus said: Be you compassionate as your Father in heaven is compassionate. (Lk 6:36) |
The Sefer Yetzirah, the earliest known book on Jewish mysticism, contains diagrams that convey the interconnectedness of the Universe. Image by Monozigote. Wikimedia Commons. |
January 7, 2025: Creativity & Compassion: More Lessons from the Cosmos
The root for the word “compassion” in Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic comes from the word womb.
In calling us to compassion, we are reminded that the universe is God’s womb, a place of gestation and fertility and creativity. What we now know is that from the moment of the universe’s birth, 13.8 billion years ago, it has been teeming with creativity. Birthing, begetting, dying, and being reborn—all this happens to stars and planets, galaxies and microbes, as well as plants, birds, animals and humans. Creativity is baked into the universe. As Meister Eckhart put it: “What does God
do all day long? God lies on a maternity bed giving birth.” Our creativity, vast and wondrous and diverse as it is, is to be used for spreading compassion and justice. January 8, 2025: Cultural Transformation & The Need for Spiritual Warriors
Both November 5th and January 6th call us to be spiritual warriors. In times like these we are all called to interfere. To stand up to greed in its many manifestations, we need to be spiritual warriors. Gus Speth, former dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies,
says this: I used to think that top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change…. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy, and to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation. And we scientists don’t know how to do that.* |
Dean Gus Speth addresses the struggle between consumerism, social justice, and environmental justice in “On Capitalism and the Environment.” Big Think |
January 9, 2025: Politics, Science, Spirituality and Spiritual Warriors
As a result of the grief so many of us feel due to both November’s election as well as January 6th, many Americans have a undergone a kind
of kenosis, or emptying, as a prelude for what comes next. Mahatma Gandhi taught that spirituality and politics go together and those who do not recognize that do not know what religion means. If the political order is vital for the attainment of “the highest earthly good,” moral outrage is indeed in order when a fascist project like Project 2025 lurks on the horizon. As Thom Hartmann puts it, “the oligarchs are no longer just at the gates,” they are “moving into the White House.” But the rupture occurring today in politics and human consciousness can be a prelude to a new future. And spiritual warriors will be the
leaders. January 10, 2025: On Becoming a Spiritual Warrior in a Time of Apocalypse
How does one become a spiritual warrior? By taking care of body and soul. By developing “moral imagination.” By stepping up to the plate to do what needs to be done. By being both mystic and prophet. By finding allies and working together with other spiritual warriors. By creating rituals, ceremonies, and liturgies to give thanks and awaken Joy. The Cosmic Mass is a fine example of such nourishing rituals. A spiritual warrior heeds the wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
who observed that action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility…Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. January 11, 2025: Raging Fires in LA: Are Climate-Denying Politicians Criminals?
Only a couple months ago, we saw the catastrophic effect of floods in North Carolina and Tennessee. Now we see the impact
of horrific, raging wildfires in the second largest city of the nation. Climate change is on full display for those with eyes to see and ears to hear. Unbelievably, some still deny its reality. With regard to the LA fires, one observer said: “This is not just a tragedy. It is a crime.” Meanwhile, a fire ecologist, Morgan Tingley, posted this on Bluesky: The insanity of being a fire ecologist
in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time, how climate change is largely responsible for this. |
Just stop it. No more coal, nor more gas, no more oil. Activists in Melbourne demand an end to the use of fossil fuels. Photo by Matt Hrkac on Flickr |
| For a list of organizations helping those affecting by the devastating LA wildfires, please see this article from the LA Times HERE. |
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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 |
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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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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. To get a print-on-demand paperback copy with black & white images, order from Amazon HERE or IUniverse HERE. To receive a limited-edition, full-color paperback copy, order from MatthewFox.org HERE. Order the audiobook HERE for immediate download. |
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Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation
Authors Adam Bucko and Matthew Fox encourage us to use our talents in service of compassion and justice and to move beyond our broken systems–economic,
political, educational, and religious–discovering a spirituality that not only helps us to get along, but also encourages us to reevaluate our traditions, transforming them and in the process building a more sacred and just world. Incorporating the words of young activist leaders culled from interviews and surveys, the book provides a framework that is deliberately interfaith and speaks to our profound yearning for a life with spiritual purpose and for a better world.
“Occupy Spirituality is a powerful, inspiring, and vital call to embodied awareness and enlightened actions.”
~~ Julia Butterfly Hill, environmental activist and author of The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods |
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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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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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Join the Creation Spirituality Communities Education service as they host guest speaker Matthew Fox in an overview of Deep Ecumenism and its relevance today in the first class of a course, “Deep Ecumenism: Exploring Spiritual Identity” by Instructor Roxanne Whitelight. Matthew Fox’s lecture: Jan 15 - 4:00pm PT Course runs Wednesdays, January 15– February 19, 2025. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, co-authored with Rupert Sheldrake: The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, January 16, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Hear a conversation between Matthew and Ana Otero of The Desert Rose Mystery School in "Mystical Pathways. A Sacred Talk with Matthew Fox, founder of the Creation Spirituality Movement." |
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