Francine Thompson

My faith, my spirituality isn't so much like this is my belief system. It is more a question of having faith that there are forces, powers, energies, beyond the seen world that are benevolent, loving attempting to sort of help us on our higher path to move the collective along. And there are also denser, more energetic forces at play, too.

Whereas I think we're being asked, or at least I feel called to stay in this place of seeking wholeness, which to me is the path within that construct that's focused on being and focused on self, self-acceptance and focused on recovering parts of myself from shadow and feelings that there's not more for me to do, now is the time where I am trying... See more

I don't know, it's just a place to rest really, honestly. It's a place to rest outside of certainty. Try it. You might find it deeply, deeply comforting, even though it promises to resolve absolutely nothing.

in that quest for certainty in that desire to sort of do the right thing or get to the end or, be good, we want some sort of exterior authority, some system of belief to confirm for us that we're following all the steps and checking everything off the to-do list. And that's a fallacy, certainly.

every spiritual practice begins with the body.

I wonder what else I’ve missed while bending the world to my will.

Allen Watts, which I think is the best summation of the difference between belief and faith, he wrote in The Wisdom of Insecurity , “whether one believes in God or believes in atheism, we must here make a clear distinction between belief and faith because in general practice belief has come to mean a state of mind, which is almost the opposite of... See more

I think about what it means to do nothing and still grow.

There's really no way to do this right.