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Week of 12/22-27/2025:
Antidotes to Loneliness & a Deeper Look at Christmas By the Daily Meditation Team 12/28/2025 Did you miss Matthew Fox on "What is the Real Meaning of Christmas?" Holistic Edge Radio host and producer Enoe Aracely Brown interviewed Matthew Fox yesterday. Listen to the recording here. |
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is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are written by Matthew Fox (MF), and some by Gianluigi Gugliermetto (GG). You can click on the title of a DM in order to view the original piece in its entirety. Also, please note, we will continue to offer a video teaching by Matthew each Monday. |
December 22, 2025: Loneliness, Part II: Ways Spirituality Combats Loneliness (MF)
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way to deal with loneliness is to realize that creation itself can be our companion. Animals, even trees, can be our friends. Meanwhile, it is important to note that not all cultures have a problem with loneliness. For instance, many years ago, an Australian theologian was giving a talk in Africa that was being translating into Swahili. When the speaker said: The number one spiritual problem in Sydney today is loneliness, the translator huddled with several other Africans, then came to
the microphone, and said, “I am sorry, sir, but in our language there is no word for loneliness.” African spiritual teacher Malidoma Somé reminds us about the importance of ritual--"there is no community without ritual." This is one of the reasons Matthew remains so committed to the Cosmic Mass. Participants dance at a Techno Cosmic Mass. From Matthew Fox’s archive. December 23, 2025: Loneliness:
Bede Griffiths on Meditation, Ground, Cosmic Solidarity (MF)
There is a difference between loneliness and aloneness, or solitude. Meditation, which we often do alone, can help to ameliorate the impact of loneliness. Father Bede Griffiths teaches that in meditation we can become aware of the ground of our being, and also
our solidarity with the universe, with the remotest star in outer space, and with the minutest particle in the atom. Many people today claim that they are “spiritual, not religious.” Matthew says that spirituality is a far bigger word than religion, spirituality invites all to connect to the ALL and to the ground and depth, including the unknown, apophatic divinity—to what is unseen as well as what is seen. December 24, 2025: Father Bede, Berdyaev & A Fuller, Non-Sentimental Meaning to Christmas (MF)
Father Bede Griffiths speaks about how we “experience solidarity with every living thing” on Earth and can go “beyond all these outer forms” to “discover the Ground from which they all spring.” He adds, I can know the birth of all things from this Ground, their coming into being in the Word. “The Word made flesh and dwelt among us” summarizes the entire Christmas story.
Meister Eckhart said: “Every creature is a word of God and a book about God.” All this spells the end of loneliness. It restores us to the cosmos and the cosmos to us. Russian Orthodox theologian Nicolas Berdyaev speaks to this truth when he writes: The central idea of the Eastern Fathers was that of theosis, the divinization of all creatures, the transfiguration of the world, the idea of the cosmos and not the idea of personal salvation. |
December 25, 2025: Glory, Doxa, Christmas and Continuous Incarnation (MF)
Theologian Dorothy Soelle talks in one of her poems about the “irresistible appeal” of Jesus. One does not have to be Christian to feel that appeal. Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, felt it as a child and wrote two significant books about Christ as an adult. Christmas is about the glory, the doxa. As the Jewish Scriptures say, “the whole earth is filled with God’s glory.” The angels sang Glory to God in the highest heaven, and
peace to people who enjoy his favor. The divine is very near and born among and within us. We are all participants daily in such an incarnation. It is continuous. December 26, 2025: What do Christmas and 3I/ATLAS Have in Common? (MF)
Comet 3I/ATLAS passed Earth on December 19 and appears to be heading out of our solar system. Its immense speed suggests it has been traveling for perhaps 7 billion years, which makes it far older than our
Earth, sun, and solar system. The Hubble and Webb Telescopes focused on it, as did telescopes in China, South Africa, Chile, Hawaii, Europe, and Russia. Everyone was eager to learn something new about the universe we live in. When the Source of the Universe decided to become a human being and live among us over 2000 years ago, He also attracted the attention of people far and wide. But it does not end with His birth. The story surprises even more with a statement about death not having the
last word. This Visitor rises from the dead and promises resurrection for all. What if humans were to take this story seriously as the extraordinary extraterrestrial visitation it was? Can such cosmic visitations unite humanity and move us beyond violence to evolve more fully into Love, Compassion and Gratitude? |
December 27, 2025: The Multiple Dimensions to the Christmas Archetype (MF)
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the reasons the Christmas story so touches our hearts is because it is filled with archetypes and archetypal themes: Cosmic visitations from angels; the presence of the cosmos in the form of a very bright star; the role of motherhood—its trials and its promises; the power of evil empire-builders who will even kill babies to achieve their ends; the wisdom and courage of fathers (Joseph) to listen to dreams and act accordingly to protect their wife and newborn baby; the important role of the most
humble in society (shepherds); the role of animals as witnesses to the divine; and how Christ is born in us as well as in Mary, etc. |
Banner Image: Viewing the Nativity within the context of a community. A display at The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is located on Queen Street in Singapore. Photo by Choo Yut Shing on Flickr. |
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Listen to an interview with Matthew Fox on Holistic Edge Radio, as he discusses Christmas Stories: What Is their Deeper Meaning, their Political Impact, the Power of Myths & How Hope is a Necessary Factor in Life. Matthew Fox will speak to us about the Christmas stories around the birth of Jesus and how his arrival brought out political enemies, but how it is also about what he represented, hope to the many who wanted change in the world from politicians to rich oppressors. We are reminded that it was the poor shepherds, who were asked by angelic beings to come to see Jesus; that it was animals like sheep and the oxen who
were present at the birth, not those in power. How the Magi, who were not Jewish, came from afar searching for a king or messiah who could bring about a better life for people that the prophecies spoke about. How Jesus represents a universal God who loves humanity so much that he incarnated into human form to be among us, and by doing so makes everything about us who live in the flesh sacred as well. He speaks about the power of myth and how myth teaches us about wisdom and how myth
also represents teachings on morality, which goes beyond rational or factual knowledge about an event. Matthew Fox discusses these points and much more in our talk. To listen to the interview, click HERE.
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