Author. Podcaster. Blogger. Soul Friend. Storyteller. "No voice; but oh! the silence sank Like music on my heart."
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Just a reminder that these days the best way to connect with me is on Substack: substack.com/@CarlMcColman
A little meditation I wrote for the Transfiguration. Both text and audio are at the link. Hope you enjoy... carlmccolman.net/p/an-ignati…
I originally had a very different idea for what my Christian Mysticism book would cover. That’s one of the “behind the scenes” details I’m going to share in my Wednesday Zoom call on Christian mysticism. Hope you’ll join me! It’s free — to register, visit us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Join me at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center Atlanta next weekend (July 24-26) for a contemplative retreat devoted to "Mystical Poetry and Spiritual Verse as a Sacred Practice." To register, click here: ignatiushouse.org/calendar/2…
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In their emails they would lavish compliments on my book, gushing about how wonderful my book was, including descriptive information about the book (to make it seem like they had actually read it). But only AI had don the actual "reading."
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I am sure that most people who write about spirituality do not set out to come across as performatively safe—or stuck in a narrow playground of appropriate, acceptable, “nice” writing.
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Substack can help writers who want to write enough edgy content to keep from getting spiritually “clogged up,” while continuing to generate writing aimed at being inspirational rather than in-your face.
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"But if we are not vigilant, we can easily drift from “honoring our values” to “avoiding difficult topics” — which sooner or later leads to spiritually constipated writing." lttr.ai/ArmzS
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"Religious and spiritual differences are not “out there” — they are in our heads, based on our values, life experiences, social relationships, psychological and physical health, relationship to power and privilege, etc." lttr.ai/ArQ1a
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The mystical life calls us to be non-attached to self, and non-attached to God.
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"The mystical life does not make us into something different from what we were previously; rather, it calls us to recognize and realize our truest, most authentic, most deeply real self — who we always have been, deep down inside." lttr.ai/AqlCe
#Contemplation #Prayer
Shortly after my latest book was published, I started getting emails from people who claimed to be marketing professionals and/or directors of book clubs. It was a carefully designed scam.
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In case you missed it: my review of Mark S. Massa's important book on "Catholic Fundamentalism in America"
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Stunned that I was being presented with a pay-to-play scheme, I immediately forwarded the email to my publisher’s marketing team, to see if it really was legit (although I assumed it wasn’t).
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"Like every author, I want to do everything I can to promote my books — and these scammers want to exploit that desire." lttr.ai/ApItQ
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At best, this is an unscrupulous marketer asking me to pay him for a service that is available for free. But most likely it is simply a scam.
Read the full article: A Scam Aimed at Authors - by Carl McColman
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The email would go on to say that my book had been chosen to be featured in a future meeting of said book club, or a future promotion through Goodreads, etc.
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Friends, I’m happy to announce that Spirituality and Practice will be hosting my Celtic Spirituality e-Course, running from March 23 to April 17, with a Zoom call with me on Thursday, April 9! Here’s the page to learn more and register: spiritualityandpractice.com/…
Both nondual experience and unitive experience are profoundly ineffable, that is to say, they cannot be put into words.
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Ironically, it seems that the very values that appear to be in really short supply in our society today are precisely the values that Jesus himself promoted so consistently during his teaching ministry.
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