A Mystic Journey

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  • “Each of us is called to be a Mystic”
  • “Mirth and Mourning”
  • “Ablaze with Fire”
  • “The Severity of our Predicament”
  • “Love was his Real Teaching”
  • “With Joy and Suffering”
  • “Our Vulnerability is our Strength”
  • “His Interspiritual Thought”
  • “We are One”
  • Mindfulness
  • A Mystic Journey: More Blog Posts
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  • A Discussion of Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

    I am amazed how powerful this novel is almost 40 years after I originally read it. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse speaks to our duality, that part of us that is “human” and that part the novel describes as “wolf,” or the shadow side we try to hide. But, as Hesse suggests, we are more than […]

    Cheryl A Chatfield

    September 21, 2022
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  • A Discussion of Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

    I love Louise Erdrich’s powerful use of language in her novel, Love Medicine, but her characters are what I most admire. She portrays Native Americans with their strengths and their weaknesses, and while we may not initially like many of the characters, they grow on us as we experience their stories. There is a potency, […]

    Cheryl A Chatfield

    September 2, 2022
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  • A Discussion of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

    This is the second post in which I write about a favorite old book. I loved Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig (1974) years ago Funny, but what we knew in our youth was a surprising wisdom. Sure, we tend to be smarter as the years go on, but when it […]

    Cheryl A Chatfield

    August 29, 2022
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  • A Discussion of a Norman Mailer book

    In my mystic journey, I find I am revisiting some of the books that I loved when I was in my 20s and 30s. How fun to discover that what I resonated with then, I continue to find relevant. I wanted to share short posts on a few of those books. Here is the first. […]

    Cheryl A Chatfield

    August 22, 2022
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  • High Conflict

    “High conflict is what happens when conflict clarifies into a good versus evil kind of feud, the kind with an us and a them.” Amanda Ripley is a NYT best selling author and investigative reporter for Atlantic, Politico, and Washington Post, among others. Her High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out […]

    Cheryl A Chatfield

    August 9, 2022
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