This is a lovely synchronicity. I started my day with a meditation from the Celtic Daily Prayer Book: "I ask not to fly from the world but to be involved with the world. I am in the world but also in the presence..." Like you I have sometimes felt the call of a more cloistered, contemplative life, but I am called to be here, involved in the world. And - perhaps not coincidentally - the Pentacles are my favourite suit! Happy new year to you and your family, I am so looking forward to your book.
I just found your newsletter and have been consuming it voraciously. This post has given me so much to think about. I’ve felt aspirational toward the Eight of Pentacles myself - a desire to gain peace and serenity through the daily routine of good work. The idea of the domestic monastery brings a new dimension of value to the day to day of raising small children for me - I may pick up the book. Thank you for the lovely writing and wonderfully fresh perspective.
I loved this newsletter. Thank you! I’m a psychiatrist who works in a mental hospital. Four 2/3 of every month I live in the hospital. I’m just home now after 10 days. And I go back tomorrow for another stretch. I think a lot about monasticism in my daily life. I have a relatively aesthetic routine with patient visits a spiritual practice with a lot of reading and prayer and physical practice of yoga and ballet so a lot of time by myself or in a very defined roll and highly social interactions on psychiatric units. Your insights and thoughts on your own life I’m really looking forward to companion me in mine!
This is a lovely synchronicity. I started my day with a meditation from the Celtic Daily Prayer Book: "I ask not to fly from the world but to be involved with the world. I am in the world but also in the presence..." Like you I have sometimes felt the call of a more cloistered, contemplative life, but I am called to be here, involved in the world. And - perhaps not coincidentally - the Pentacles are my favourite suit! Happy new year to you and your family, I am so looking forward to your book.
I just found your newsletter and have been consuming it voraciously. This post has given me so much to think about. I’ve felt aspirational toward the Eight of Pentacles myself - a desire to gain peace and serenity through the daily routine of good work. The idea of the domestic monastery brings a new dimension of value to the day to day of raising small children for me - I may pick up the book. Thank you for the lovely writing and wonderfully fresh perspective.
I loved this newsletter. Thank you! I’m a psychiatrist who works in a mental hospital. Four 2/3 of every month I live in the hospital. I’m just home now after 10 days. And I go back tomorrow for another stretch. I think a lot about monasticism in my daily life. I have a relatively aesthetic routine with patient visits a spiritual practice with a lot of reading and prayer and physical practice of yoga and ballet so a lot of time by myself or in a very defined roll and highly social interactions on psychiatric units. Your insights and thoughts on your own life I’m really looking forward to companion me in mine!