About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

Our Pure Capacity ~ A Life-Line

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Goodpeople, I came across these words this morning from the late Benedictine contemplative Macrina Wiederkehr. Such simple profundity. Each line invites prayerful pondering. ~djm Today's life-Line is: All too often we bemoan our imperfections rather Read more [...]

To Be Known is to Know

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Be still and know that I am God. ~ Psalm 46:10 I have always loved this line from Psalm 46. But I think it is often misunderstood. What does it mean "to know" The Holy One we too casually call God? Is God accessible to us by way of cognition, human Read more [...]

The Point is ~ A Life-Line

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The point is not that this world is too sad to love or too glad not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing, its gladness is a reason for loving it, and its sadness a reason for loving it more. ~ G. K. Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 11 When I Was the Forest

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

For a write-up on Lectio Poetica click HERE. When I Was the Forest When I was the stream, when I was the forest, when I was still the field, when I was every hoof, foot, fin and wing, when I was the sky itself, no one ever asked me Read more [...]

A Feather Weightier than the Daily Bombs

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

I haven't posted much of late as I'm busy writing other things. But I came across this by accident and it moved me. So, I thought I'd pass it on, in case you haven't seen it. Sometimes we find the best things in really strange places. Like on American Read more [...]

Hangin’ with Hafiz

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. ~ Hafiz ♣ GOODPEOPLE ♣ ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION ONLINE? Would Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on Spiritual Practices

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Once, Brother Weeps began a teaching this way: I received a letter the other day and my pen friend asked: "What is the purpose of spiritual practices?" So, I wrote back. This is what I told her. There are a few basic things most, if not all, authentic Read more [...]

Listening for the Questions that Are Not Meant to Go Away

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. It is the fruit of unanswered questions. But questions cannot go unanswered unless they first be asked. And there is a far worse anxiety, a far worse insecurity, which comes from being afraid to ask the right Read more [...]

Sometime in Your Life ~ A Life-Line

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these. ~ Siddhārtha Gautama ♣ GOODPEOPLE Read more [...]

What’s the Buzz — Tell Me What’s a-Happenin’

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

We’re only as sick as our secrets. ~ A saying from Alcoholics Anonymous "WHAT'S THE BUZZ? Tell me what's a happenin'" go the lyrics to a song from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Well, there's a lot of buzz in the air and action on the ground Read more [...]

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