Contemplative Interbeing

Saturday, May 31, 2025 In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment.— Maxine Hong Kingston Join the Community Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes Our culture trains us to avoid failure at all costs, to hide weakness, and to reject vulnerability. This conditioning runs deep, shaping not...

Friday, May 30, 2025 I dwell in Possibility. — Emily Dickinson Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes Let’s stop calling it religious conflict when what we’re actually witnessing is power, ego, and greed using religion as a disguise. The sacred texts of our traditions are clear. They command love, justice, compassion. They call us to humility, to solidarity with the...

Thursday, May 29, 2025 There are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.— Mark Nepo Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes Facing the shadow is not about fixing or escaping anything. It’s about telling the truth. The more honestly we name our capacities—for both kindness and cruelty—the more whole we become. This work isn’t comfortable. It strips away illusions and demands...

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential.— Allan Lokos Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes There are parts of us we’ve spent years managing, hiding, or justifying. Sometimes those parts erupt. When that happens, we can't pretend anymore. The outburst exposes something we've tried to bury. Like Moses, we...

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.— Br. David Steindl-Rast Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes Telling the truth to ourselves is the beginning of love. Pretending to be someone else—someone safer, more acceptable—has trained us to forget who we are. We adopted masks so early that we...

Monday, May 26, 2025 Gratitude is the practice that opens up hope. Simran Jeet Singh Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes Shadow work is uncomfortable, but we can’t avoid it if we want to be honest about who we are. The traits we push away—those disapproved of by family, teachers, or peers—don’t disappear. They wait. The more we invest in a polished self-image, the more...

Sunday, May 25, 2025 There are days when gratitude practice feels minuscule and pointless—but I know it’s not. It is on those days that I need it the most. I know deep down that each moment I experience is such a blessing.— Alex Elle Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes Let’s tell the truth. Unknowing has value. It interrupts the arrogance of thinking we can grasp the...

Saturday, May 24, 2025 In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.— M.J. Ryan Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes We do not stand alone. This path is not ours to forge from scratch. Wisdom stretches behind us, a shared inheritance passed through generations of seekers. It does not belong to one religion...

Friday, May 23, 2025 The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one’s life…Through a difficult period you can learn; you can develop inner strength, determination, and courage to face the problems.— H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama Select One Spiritual Nugget to Inspire Your Day Daily Blessing Heart-Centered Practice Spiritual Practice of the Day Discovery Portal Events Contemplative Notes A living tradition invites us to grow, not just conform. It...