The Wisdom tradition and Wisdom itself isn’t confined to any one spiritual, religious or cultural tradition but has found expression in different sacred traditions through the ages and is perhaps most visible in the way these traditions coincide.

Wisdom teachings illuminate the possibility of directly sensing the Presence of Spirit thanks to the gift of the human heart, understood within the tradition as an organ of spiritual perception. Our hearts make it possible for us to feel the sympathetic resonance between our being and the Source of our being - and of all being - and to perceive from the wholeness of this Sacred Unity.  This is why heart perception is also referred to as ‘nondual’ seeing; to see with ‘the eye of the heart’ is to see from wholeness rather than from separation.

The relevance of this Wisdom way of knowing for our world today is that, in consciously felt divine-human interabiding and exchange, our conscience and action can be Spirit-informed. Our presence, personally and collectively, can disclose the Presence, the qualities, of Spirit. Infused and moved by love, we can materialize love ~ participating in the restoration of connection and co-creating with the benevolence and intelligence of life itself.

The contemplative practices I share spring from the Wisdom tradition which is why I call them Wisdom Practices. They are in service of awakening to our heart’s capacity for Wisdom that we might live with greater consciousness and compassion.