“As we actually taste the flavor of what he's teaching, we begin to see that it's not proverbs for daily living, or ways of being virtuous. He's proposing a total meltdown and recasting of human consciousness, bursting through the tiny acorn-selfhood that we arrived on the planet with into the oak tree of our fully realized personhood. He pushes us toward it, teases us, taunts us, encourages us, and ultimately walks us there.”
Cynthia Bourgeault“As we enter the path of transformation, the most valuable thing we have working in our favor is our yearning.”
Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind“To mourn is to touch directly the substance of divine compassion.”
Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind“As we actually taste the flavor of what he's teaching, we begin to see that it's not proverbs for daily living, or ways of being virtuous. He's proposing a total meltdown and recasting of human consciousness, bursting through the tiny acorn-selfhood that we arrived on the planet with into the oak tree of our fully realized personhood. He pushes us toward it, teases us, taunts us, encourages us, and ultimately walks us there.”
Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind“A sophiological Christianity focuses on the path.”
Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind“What the theologian shrinks from, the poet grasps intuitively.”
Cynthia Bourgeault, Love Is Stronger Than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Souls