Tag: Christian mysticism

• Traumatic Grace:

  rue transformation rarely arrives gently. A reflection on suffering, metanoia, and the breaking of the ego through traumatic grace.

  RMDell’Orfano

  June 2, 2026

  Autobio

  Abraham Lincoln, Blaise Pascal, C.S. Lewis, Character Transformation, Christian mysticism, Conversion, Dark Night of the Soul, Ego Death, Faith and Reason, Ignatius of Loyola, Leo Tolstoy, near-death experience, Oscar Wilde, Path Perilous, personal growth, Psychological Transformation, Religious Experience, Search for God, spiritual awakening, St. Francis of Assisi, Suffering, TBorn Again, Theology, Transformation Through Suffering, William James

• Timeless Little Children

  A reflective memoir excerpt exploring Krishnamurti’s Choiceless Awareness, childhood innocence, and the illusion of time through contemplative silence.

  RMDell’Orfano

  January 9, 2026

  Autobio

  becoming like a child, childhood innocence, Choiceless Awareness, Christian mysticism, contemplative silence, Gospel of Matthew, illusion of time, Jiddu Krishnamurti, nondual awareness, Quantum Physics, sacred stillness, spiritual humility, spiritual perception, Theosophy, time and consciousness