Stairway of Surprise angels From religious figures such as

From religious figures such as John the Baptist and Saint Francis to the twentieth-century poet Christian Morgenstern

in these texts of The Collected Works

which brings inner nourishment that can grow throughout one's life

and offers plentiful instructions for a meditative practice intrinsic to their work

'The task of the troubadour has always been to listen to the wind and anticipate the future

Stairway of Surprise angels From religious figures such asStumbling through life, gazing at the stars, we can miss the greatest treasure beneath our feet. For the ordinary faculties of our soul how we think, how we feel, how we act are the rough and fallen forms of our highest spiritual capacities. This book shows how six of these common abilities thinking, feeling, doing, loving, opening, thanking can be intensified infinitely. We already think; we can learn to think more deeply, more livingly. We already