Contemplative Photograph by Maxine Evans On this spiritual journey, one becomes more accustomed to synchronicity. However, it doesn’t diminish the thrill every time it occurs. On this very morning that Matilda posted Lessons in Sunbirdish (3) , I read this meditation by Richard Rohr, taken from his series on Following the mystics through the narrow gate. Seeing God in all things. We needed this affirmation this morning. We were talking about Matilda’s posts on the sunbirds and we were asking ourselves: “Aren’t we reading too much into this? Isn’t it merely a matter of wishful thinking?” Apparently we’re not seeing enough! Some Effects of Mystical (“Experiential”) Encounter After the first effects of enlargement, connection, or union, and some degree of emancipation, mystical experiences lead to a kind of foundational optimism . You would usually call it hope. You wonder where it comes from, especially in the middle of all the terrible things that are happen...
The Restory is a Retreat Centre nestled against Tafelkop, a singular mountain head near Wakkerstroom, South Africa. Here we live a simple life as contemplatives. It is a place of re-connection: with ourselves, people, Nature, Silence and Creativity. Our retreats are aimed at this. Our conversations, writing and art centre around the univocity of life. We need a place that reminds us that we are all one. The Restory hopes to be such a place and space.