Only 5 percent of 5 million tourists that annually visit the Grand Canyon venture beyond the rim. They do not mount a donkey or hike a trail to explore the rugged and interesting world below. Some tourists are like drive-by-shooters; snapping shots with their camera, but not engaging in the world they are viewing through… Continue reading Living Beyond the Rim
Category: The Pilgrim’s Way
The Pilgrim’s Way: Enjoying Today
Anthony DeMello tells the story of Brother Bruno, who was trying to pray one evening when a bullfrog disturbed his prayers. No matter how hard he tried to ignore the loud frog, he found himself distracted and unable to concentrate. Finally, in frustration he shouted at the frog to stop singing and he returned to… Continue reading The Pilgrim’s Way: Enjoying Today
The Pilgrim’s Way: Clucking in Babylon
Walking in the woods one day, a man found an eagle’s egg, apparently abandoned. He took it and placed it in the nest of one of his chickens, where it eventually hatched. The eaglet grew up as a chicken, scratching at the ground and digging for worms and bugs. He even learned to cluck like… Continue reading The Pilgrim’s Way: Clucking in Babylon
Fusion
I was captivated as I stood at the altar with my nephew and his new bride. They gazed intently into each other’s eyes as though they could hear or see nothing else. I spoke briefly about the power of oneness called fusion. Fusion in physics is a nuclear reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei join together, or… Continue reading Fusion