Christian Mystics

365 Readings and Meditations That Celebrate the Mystical Path

As a member of the Catholic Dominican Order for 34 years, Matthew Fox held closely to the mystical teachings of Christianity, teachings that embraced the feminine, the natural world, and social justice in their vision of the sacred. Fox's approach continually put him at odds with the Vatican, and in 1998, he was expelled from the Order by Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.

My newest book, Glad No Matter What: Transforming Loss and Change into Gift and Opportunity, was just released from New World Library (I love them!).

While on the book tour in Arizona last week, I appeared on a morning TV show to talk about my new book. Soon after, my inner critics all showed up to tell me how I wasn’t “good enough” and other mean things. After the show, I stopped at a grocery store and noticed a police officer getting out of his car.

What if I told you that you could get more done by doing less? Would you believe me?

Would you nod your head as if you believed me, and even agree to try some of the crazy things I asked you to try, yet still fall back into your old busy, overdoing patterns? You know, the ones that keep you feeling overworked and overwhelmed, without a clue how to attain the peace of mind that the woman on the front of your yoga magazine seems to effortlessly emanate?