Thanksgiving for Mystics

THANKSGIVING FOR MYSTICS

5 Practices for Gratitude and Abundance as a Spiritual Path

ROBERT HOLDEN & MATTHEW FOX

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire
life is thank you, it will be enough.”
Meister Eckhart

Join Robert and Matthew Fox for a special Thanksgiving gathering in which they explore the deeper, mystical meaning of Thanksgiving. Together, they will share favourite practices and insights on how to make Thanksgiving a time to help us face life’s many challenges, to lift our spirits, and to say YES to even greater abundance, guidance, and inspiration. Make yourself a cup of tea, bring a journal and pen, and let’s celebrate Thanksgiving together.

Themes include:

• The Gift of Mysticism: look at Thanksgiving through a mystical lens.

• Gratitude as a Spiritual Path - deepen your appreciation for gratitude and the wondrous effects it can have on your life.

• Gratitude as a Spiritual Practice - use gratitude as a spiritual practice to transform you experience of fear, lack, darkness and suffering.

• The Miracle of Gratitude: learn how gratitude can help you be better receiver and more open to the gifts of God.

• Finding the Present: cultivate a stronger relationship to the present moment so as to experience hidden blessings and everyday grace.

Matthew Fox is a spiritual theologian, an Episcopal priest, and spiritual activist who has written 37 books including Original Blessing, Order of the Sacred Earth, One River, Many Wells, and The Reinvention of Work. He is the Founder of the University of Creation Spirituality in California. And he has written books and taught courses on many of the great mystics including Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Aquinas and Thomas Merton. www.matthewfox.org

Robert’s work in spirituality and psychology has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, a PBS special called Shift Happens! and two major BBC documentaries. He teaches seminars and spiritual retreats worldwide. He has presented two TED talks. He is the author of 12 books including Happiness NOW!, Shift Happens!, Authentic Success, Be Happy, Loveability, and Life Loves You (with Louise Hay). His latest book is Higher Purpose: Finding More Inspiration, Meaning and Purpose.