Mathew and Tom
At the January 2010 Intensive at La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara, SPI students Mathew and Tom discuss a text provided
Thomas Keating with SPI Teachers
Father Thomas Keating founded "Contemplative Outreach," an organization that is based on the method of "Center Prayer"
Cynthia Bourgeault & Thomas Keating
Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault is a leading voice in contemporary contemplative Christianity. She is an Episcopal Priest who
Kabir & Camille Helminski
Camille and Kabir are Sufi teachers of the Mevlevi Islamic Sufi tradition founded by Jalaladin Rumi in the thirteenth
Dr. Ed Bastian
With the help of a great board of directors and teachers from many traditions, Ed Bastian founded the Spiritual Paths
Swami Atmarupananda
Swami Atmarupananda is an ordained monk in the Ramakrishnan Order of Hinduism. Swami lives at the Trabuco Monastery in
Rabbi Rami on Aspen Mountain
The Spiritual Paths Foundation was founded in Aspen, Colorado in 2000 and Rabbi Rami Shapiro has been a regular teacheNews on the Institute and Programs for 2011....
January 24th, 2011
Spiritual Paths continues to provide classes and retreats in Santa Barbara, Aspen, and other wonderful locations throughout the US. We are now revising the structure of our two-year Program on InterSpiritual Wisdom. Therefore we won’t be...
Mystical Experience or Unitive Seeing? by Cynthia Bourgeault...
December 20th, 2009
In my own spiritual practice I’m more and more clearly seeing the need to distinguish between two closely related but distinctly different phenomena: mysticism and unitive seeing. Much of the “bad rap” that mysticism has unfortunately gained...
“God is Not One” by Stephen Prothero: SPI Faculty Opinions...
April 29th, 2010
BY RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO on
“God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World—and Why
Their Differences Matter” is a refreshing antidote to the too easy
notion that all religions say the same thing. They don’t. Indeed,...
An excerpt from an exchange between Kabir Helminski and Thomas Keating about the importance of contemplation for young people working for positive change in the world.