Cloister Notes - Letters from a Weary Pilgrim
Almut Furchert, Weary Pilgrim, Chuck HuffFor dancing monks & weary pilgrims, soul tenders & wounded healers, thinkers & over-thinkers. Inspired by mystics, wisdom teachers, lived experience and the seasons. By Almut Furchert, Dr. phil., Dipl. Psych.
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Redeeming Fatherhood. Some inspirations from Kierkegaard
Chuck with our god child in a poppy field some twenty years ago :-)
Dear one,
Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish poet and spiritual writer, struggled all his life with his earthly father. Much of his writings are inspired by his attempt to cop...
When you are busy, retreat. Or how ikebana saved my day
Ikebana is the Japanese art and spiritual practice of arranging flowers in a way that you are present to the beauty of nature and living things. The simplicity of line and form in motion provide a focus point for meditative practice.
This...
The tree is dead
Our dying tree.
The tree is dead.
Do you remember the tree I am talking about?
The one I hoped was only slow. Slower than the others. Slower to come back into greening after a Minnesota winter.
Well, guess what?
It never started greeni...
A Time for Waking and a Time for Resting.
Dear fellow pilgrim, and every one new to this cloistered space, willkommen!
I came across this photo from 7 years and a few weeks ago.
Can it be?
Seven years already when she still fit into the palms of my hand?
Seven years alrea...
On Moral Courage and Humility.
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Psychologist turned philosopher turned writer. Mama, foto taker, existential midwife, transplant \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8. I write contemplations on being human for dancing monks & wounded healers, thinkers and seekers longing for a deeper way.
I am a father, husband, and academic psychologist. Taking Moral Action is the substack where I post about the psychology of moral action, and its interactions with philosophy, psychology, and current events.
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