Richard Rohr is an internationally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rohr is also a Living Spiritual Teacher profiled at S&P.
Fear not, he says, "the path of the mystic (is) within your reach."
Gathering his talent for probing the breadth and the depth of complicated practices and traditions, Rohr presents seven pathways to your deeper self:
- The enlightenment you seek already dwells within you.
- God is found in imperfection.
- From profound suffering comes great wisdom and joy.
- The mystical path is a celebration of paradox.
- Contemplation means practicing heaven now.
- To discover the truth, you must become the truth.
- When you are transformed, others will be transformed by you.
Faith is central to the mystical path. Resentment, cynicism, and negativity are not compatible with it. Other aspects of this quest covered here include presence and nonduality, the depths of our emptiness, the forgiveness path of the saints, going beyond an all-or-nothing outlook, contact with the numinous, joy and pain, dwelling of things, being co-creators, and the need for wisdom in action. Rohr mines the spiritual nature of mysticism and retrieves precious gems of truth.
