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Tag Archives: Owens Valley
Journey in the Desert: A Spiritual Treasure Map. July 25, 2020
An Online Session: Journey in the Desert: A Spiritual Treasure Map Presented by: Fr. Brad Karelius Join others online as we explore treasures of the desert experienced by Jesus and the monastics- solitude, silence, and surrender, using … Continue reading
On the Road: Part One
The following is Part One of my three-part workshop, “One the Road: A Spirituality Series for Men”, which I presented on Saturday 3 August 2019 at the Emmaus Spiritual Ministries Center, sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange, … Continue reading
Insane for the Light: Psychosis and Mysticism
“Everyone has to have a spirituality and everyone does have one, either a life-giving one or a destructive one. No one has the luxury of choosing here because all of us are precisely fired into life with a certain madness … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, desert spirituality, Hinduism, meditation, mysticism, noetic, Owens Valley, psychosis, William James
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Garden of the Gods
“You could face away from the barracks, look past a tiny rapids towards the darkening mountains, and for a while not be a prisoner at all. You could stand suspended in some odd, almost lovely land you could not escape … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansel Adams, Buddhism, Japanese Garden, Manzanar, Merritt Garden, Owens Valley, Sakuteikei, Shinto, Taoism
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The Dust Devil’s Curse
“Here you find the hot sink of Death Valley, or high rolling districts where the air has always a tang of frost. Here are the long heavy winds and breathless calms on the tilted mesas where dust devils dance, whirling … Continue reading
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Tagged dust devil, King Tut, Mary Austin, Native American, Owens Valley, Valley Fever
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Contemplative Cows
“What the Power of the Slowing taught me is what the Source of All constantly yearns for: that each one of us will know without doubt that we are loved, and that we are intimately, irrevocably part of the endless … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Angus cattle, cattle ranching, contemplative, Gerald G. May MD, Owens River, Owens Valley, Paiute, present moment, Zen
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Remembering Manzanar
“All things whatsoever which deserve to be dreaded and revered for the extraordinary and preeminent powers which they possess are called the Kami.” Norinaga (18th Century Shinto Scholar) “There’s a belief that people die twice. Once, when you die, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansel Adams, Japanese-American, Kami, Manzanar, Muslim, Owens Valley, Paiute, Relocation Camp, Shinto
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Bread of Heaven, Pan del Cielo
“But a tree is what you make of it, and once, much was made of the pinyon.” Ronald Lanner, The Pinon Pine. In the shadows of the landmark El Tovar Hotel, at the very edge of the Grand Canyon, clusters … Continue reading
Solitude and Silence in Cottonwood Canyon
“The desert empties you…it is not a place wherein you can decide how you want to grow and change, but is a place that you undergo, expose yourself to, and have the courage to face. The idea is not so … Continue reading
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Tagged Centering Prayer, Cottonwood Canyon, desert spirituality, Lao Tzu, Martin Buber, mysticism, Owens Valley, Paiute, Silence, solitude, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Thomas Aquinas, Zen
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