Back in the days of my Dark Night Journey, I worked hard to define what I meant by “spirit” and “spiritual.” What my reasoning mind came up with was an analogy: Just as our eyes are physical organs of sight, designed or evolved to detect certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation, our spirits are as-yet-unidentified organs of relationship.
[This letter was abridged from a longer original, which you can find at: https://westernfriend.org/letters-marchapril-2022]
It is one thing to understand words, testimonies, and descriptions; and it is another matter to understand, know, enjoy, possess, and live in that which the words relate to, describe, and bear witness of.
– Isaac Penington, 1670
The word of the LORD came to Jonah. . .
Much to my surprise, back in the late 1980s, my body taught me that running for exercise is fun.
From Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends
