ENDING ‘CONTEMPLATIVE INQUIRY’
by contemplativeinquiry
This blog began in support of a new, specifically contemplative thread within modern Druidry. Over time, this ceased to be the dominant theme and I have looked at many approaches to contemplative spirituality. Gradually, my own approach has clarified as a Sophian Way. At this stage I am not using the metaphor of a path or journey. I am describing a way of life. This includes formal practice, whilst permeating everything. Practices drawn from a variety of sources (including Druidry) now feel naturalized. They have become Sophian. I feel complete.
It is time to let go of this blog. Writing it has helped me a lot. I am grateful to everyone who has companioned me along the way. Letting go is hard, yet also an opening to something else. I will continue to be contemplative and inquiring. Over time I will continue to write. But the forms will change, and for now I look forward to a period of fruitful silence. Within my Sophian Way, I have found healing and grounding in a flowing now, the site of an unexpected At-Homeness. Everything else grows out of that – personal well-being, right relationship, life and expression in the world. It is the fountain that nourishes them all. All it needs is my attention.
This blog will stay public for as long as people continue to read posts. If I start a new project, I will provide a link.
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Thank you James for providing this source of spiritual nourishment over the years! Every good wish in your opening to the New, and the delicious silence! Philip
Thanks for your appreciative comment, Philip. I have felt the value of your own influence – especially how it permeates the OBOD courses – very strongly, not least is its gentle, permission-giving approach, and the encouragement to people to find their own way. This still seems a rarity among spiritual teachers, even the good ones. I for one am very grateful for this. I also wish the best for you in the measured change of leadership in OBOD that you have embarked on. I believe it will work very well.
Much gratitude for all you’ve offered us here for so long. Yes, letting go of such a project is hard. I applaud your bravery.
Thanks Bart. I’ve greatly appreciated your feedback along the way – as well as your own work for the atheopagan/humanist pagan community.
I totally understand the need to change on move on. It’s been a privilege to share your journey to finding the Sophian Way. Good luck and may Sophia be with you 🙂
Thanks Lorna. This blog recorded a wide-ranging exploration and to a large extent worked through anthologising, compilation and commentary. The call now is to deepen, and, perhaps, in time, find a new language that is both more personal and more Sophian. Your own work, which I shall continue to follow, is an inspiration in this respect.
thank you for everything you’ve shared over the years.
Thanks Nimue. Thanks also for books to review and for your perceptive comments.