ADVENT—ure No. 1 (2022)

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The moment is sovereign. The instant supreme. Two things to keep in mind and heart. Two things to re-member yourself to: One: Don't just be here. Be present here. Two: Be present and Stay out of the way. ~djmiller, tuesday, the first week Read more [...]

THE DREAM TEAM: My Starting Five ~ 4. Compassion

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Suppose your spiritual life was a basketball team. Who would be your starting five? Remember this: All suffering comes to an end. And whatever you suffer authentically, God has suffered it first. ~ Meister Eckhart The love of our neighbor in all Read more [...]

On Being Present ~ A Life-Line

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One thing I've grown to love and expect in life is how often the words we need—whether words of hope or humor or comfort or mystery or about the deep suffering of others or wisdom or awe—come to us from places and people and directions we might not Read more [...]

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926—2022) ~ R.I.P.

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on What His Heart Teaches

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Brother Weeps often passed on words to this effect: Today, most people want the instantaneous. My heart whispers 'give yourself to the instant.' So many these days are chasing after the momentous. My heart teaches 'learn to be still enough to be 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 [...]

Just Wondering

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

[Humankind] will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder. ~ Read more [...]

Compassion — The Index of Our Humanity

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

To be a man or woman of compassion is to be present to those in pain in such a way that they feel safe enough, if they choose, to reveal their wound to us. Then after reverently receiving their storied-pain, we reverently reach out to touch them, at times Read more [...]

Poem 6 for the Season of Creation*

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

LECTIO POETICA If you have not read the explanation for Lectio Poetica, I encourage you to read it here before reading Oliver’s poem below. SNOW GEESE Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not last! What a task to ask of anything, or anyone, yet Read more [...]

Brother Weeps Reminds Us

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Brother Weeps often reminded us: “The wise ones know not to wait for tragedy or trauma to wake them up to the incomprehensible surprise of being." "Stitch into the fabric of your day some way to remember yourself to the certainty and imminence of Read more [...]

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