Seeking the Soul of Beauty

"The world as pure object is something that is not there. It is not a reality outside us for which we exist.... It is a living and self-creating mystery of which I am myself a part, to which I am myself, my own unique door."
- Thomas Merton

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Residential Retirement Living

Gabe Gregoratos talks about his life at the Carlisle, a residential care facility, including the advantages and disadvantages. He also explains the four levels of residential care: 1. Independent Living 2. Residential Care 3. Intensive Care 4. Memory Care

Mysticism

Alchemy 5,6,7

Alchemy is about the transformation of the self. It is transforming the base self into gold, or spir…

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Beauty

The Quail

The California Quail is a handsome, round bird with a rich gray breast, intricately scaled underpart…

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Sacred Places

Journey to the Holy Land

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with the Rev. Mark Stanger…

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Icons

Icons and Beauty

Father Paul Fromberg, Rector of St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco, and icon pai…

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Meditations

Alchemy 5,6,7

Alchemy is about the transformation of the self. It is transforming the base self into gold, or spir…

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