bede

Slowly slowly this afternoon
i'm watching the sun come across the neighbours fence
the grass of our lawn
almost translucent
in the mid light heat shadowy field
could be me
been listening a lot to bede griffiths these last few days
a free poddy of his meditation teaching
you know him freends
student of the narnia creator CSL
anglican turned roman
lay man turned monk
Westerner turned east
right brain turned left
or is that left turned right
you know-
from conscious planning mind
to feeling being mind
follower turned guru
man who discovered
the feminine in himself
teacher writer pray-er
explorer of the common ground
between and within faiths
a true holy man for our times
i could listen to his frail
authoritative voice
forever
he was 85 when he gave these talks
you can tell
within the first sentence
he knows
he's been there
he's felt the divine
explored the mystery at depth
sitting cross legged on the floor or
upright in a chair
teaching a christianity
beyond anything I have known
my favourite
the subject of my lectio
this week
is
the call of humanity as a whole
is
to be open
to one’s eternal potential in God
in the new creation
whose centre is Christ
want to try and unpack
all the implications of that?
anyway
if ya inclined
check him out
http://www.bedegriffiths.com/
let me know
if ya heard of him
love him
hate him
or sumthin

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