by Francis Bitterly | Jan 1, 2026 | Wisdom
“The dark night of the soul comes just before revelation. When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.” Joseph Campbell viewed the “Dark Night of the Soul” as a crucial, often devastating, but ultimately...
by Francis Bitterly | Nov 27, 2025 | Wisdom
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. – John 12:24...
by Francis Bitterly | May 29, 2024 | Wisdom
Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now.
by Francis Bitterly | Apr 1, 2023 | Wisdom
The Infinite a sudden guestHas been assumed to be,But how can that stupendous come Which never went away? – Emily Dickinson Preface – Prior to Consciousness by Jean Dunn In one way the core of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s teaching is easy to grasp, and...
by Francis Bitterly | Mar 26, 2023 | Wisdom
Jesus Christ did not mistake himself to be merely an individual person whose life was limited within a certain range of time and place. He knew himself to be the real and eternal spirit ‘I am’, which is unlimited by time and place. That is why he said, ‘Before Abraham...