The Restory Retreat Centre

What The Mystics Know  3.1) Great love opens us up and makes us vulnerable The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music Maybe we haven't discovered that fire yet. But may we let sparks fly everywhere.  Met ons liefde. George & Matilda

Wat Die Mistici Weet  3.1) Groot liefde maak ons oop en weerloos Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Dalk het ons nog nie daardie vuur ontdek nie. Maar mag ons oral vonkies laat uitslaan. Met ons liefde. George & Matilda

  We Begin Again The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music As last year, so this year - with our love.  George & Matilda

  Ons Begin Weer Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Soos verlede jaar, steeds vanjaar - met ons liefde. George & Matilda

    How To Start   The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation  “There is a secret place.  A radiant sanctuary. As real as your own kitchen.  More real than that. Constructed of the purest elements.  Overflowing with the ten thousand beautiful things. Worlds within worlds.  Forests, rivers. Velvet coverlets thrown over featherbeds, fountains bubbling beneath a canopy of stars. Bountiful forests, universal libraries. A wine cellar offering an intoxication so sweet you will never be sober again. A clarity so complete you will never again forget. This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds the doorway… Believe the incredible truth that the Beloved has chosen for his dwelling place the core of your own being because that is the single most beautiful place in all of creation.”                            ...

    Hoe Begin Ek?  Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  “There is a secret place.  A radiant sanctuary. As real as your own kitchen.  More real than that. Constructed of the purest elements.  Overflowing with the ten thousand beautiful things. Worlds within worlds.  Forests, rivers. Velvet coverlets thrown over featherbeds, fountains bubbling beneath a canopy of stars. Bountiful forests, universal libraries. A wine cellar offering an intoxication so sweet you will never be sober again. A clarity so complete you will never again forget. This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds the doorway… Believe the incredible truth that the Beloved has chosen for his dwelling place the core of your own being because that is the single most beautiful place in all of creation.”                                    ...

  The Importance Of The Quiet Practice The Conversation Elements From The Conversation  The eye is the lamp of the body.  If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.  But if your eyes are unhealthy,  your whole body will be full of darkness.  If then the light within you is darkness,  how great is that darkness!                                                                                      ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:22-23‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ‭‭                                                                           ...

  Die Belang Van Die Stil Praktyk Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  Die lamp van die liggaam is die oog.  As jou oog goed is, sal jou hele liggaam lig hê.  Maar as jou oog sleg is, sal jou hele liggaam sonder lig wees.  As die lig in jou donker is, hoe donker moet dit dan nie wees nie! ‭‭                                                                                                                            Matt ‭6:22-23‬ ‭AFR83‬‬ ...all the changes that come about,  the changes in perception, the changes in attitude,  the changes even in physiology, in neurology  that happen wh...

  God Is Love  God is not a sky king who heads an empire; God is the love that gives itself away for the sake of more love.                                                                         Cynthia Bourgeault The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation   God protects me from nothing…. So, let's say you have the Scriptures, you have your quiet time with God, and you hear a word. Let's say the text is Jesus saying, "Fear not. Fear not." And in faith, you know that the deathless presence of Jesus, who said that to the disciples, is now saying it to you, telling you not to be afraid. And your heart immediately recognizes it's beautiful, even before you think about it. Prior to reflecting on i...

  God Is Liefde  God is not a sky king who heads an empire; God is the love that gives itself away for the sake of more love.                                                                                           Cynthia Bourgeault Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  God protects me from nothing…. So, let's say you have the Scriptures, you have your quiet time with God, and you hear a word. Let's say the text is Jesus saying, "Fear not. Fear not." And in faith, you know that the deathless presence of Jesus, who said that to the disciples, is now saying it to you, telling you not to be afraid. And your heart immediately recognizes it's beautiful, even before you think about it. Prior to reflectin...

At the beginning of August this year, Matilda and I attended the last of our Living School Symposiums in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With that the formal part of our two year program, run by the Center for Action and Contemplation, officially came to an end. The readings of the Christian mystics old and new, the introduction to bright minds, high thought, humble lives, honest searching, different ways of knowing, an unfathomable great and delicately small God, us as wondrous and limited, the discussions and the work on our “integration project” became such a big part of our lives that it is very difficult to imagine a time without it. But the Living School was never intended to be a purpose or goal in itself. It is a doorway into a new way of looking and living and for that reason we enter this new phase of our lives with excitement and anticipation. Looking back and taking stock of the past two years, what were some of the discoveries we’ve made? We have discovered –...