My sister and I were both raised Catholic but have wandered far from that in different directions — she's found meaning in Eastern philosophy and I'm drawn to indigenous wisdom traditions. We keep recognizing the same truths about love, surrender, and the sacred in our separate explorations, but when we try to create any kind of shared spiritual practice for our own families or even just between us, we get stuck on language and ritual and end up falling back into old childhood patterns of competition.
More people experience this than they realize.
Family members discover parallel mystical insights through separate paths but cannot translate recognition into shared practice.
“Where Are You with The perennial philosophy — shared mystical core across traditions?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.