Matthew Fox – The Courageous Mystic

You probably already have a deep appreciation for the power of mystics to shift our minds, open our hearts and change our world.

But how do we go beyond placing these pioneers on a pedestal, and really follow their example into a new kind of life?

How do we get into THEIR innermost depths and mine the insights, practices and power that create an unshakeable connection to the Divine – and live that with our full passion?

And how do we address the profound challenges in our world with great courage and a unifying love?

The Courageous Mystic course, featuring bestselling author, theologian and change-agent Matthew Fox, is a profound solution to these questions.

It builds from a lifetime of work at the frontiers of our spiritual evolution. Matthew has made a life’s study of the great mystics in history, going beyond what they said or wrote. He immersed himself into what they actually DID to become such blazing lights of love, compassion, healing and awakening in the world.

In this first-ever 7-week teleseminar training with Matthew Fox, you’ll benefit from the lifetime of practice and teachings that has resulted in a concrete roadmap for how we can all become courageous mystics – ones that can light up a room, and help bend the arc of history (to use Dr. King’s phrase).

Matthew has walked this path himself, having been expelled from his religious order for his transformational views after 34 years as one of the most celebrated Catholic theologians. He’s supported gay rights, women in the church, healing with indigenous peoples, eco-spirituality – and even the Occupy Movement in his book, Occupy Spirituality.

He’s NOT an ‘armchair philosopher’ dispensing spiritual platitudes; he’s willing to be on the front lines, putting his formidable knowledge, wisdom and passion into action.

What he will make clear in this training, and by illuminating the Via Positiva teachings, is that becoming a courageous mystic requires more than just a sweet, tender, devotional love for God and creation – although that’s a wonderful start. It also requires a warrior’s courage to confront the shadow in ourselves and our world. It means developing the capacity to transform grief, release creativity, address injustice, and stand resolute through life’s storms.

As we establish a powerful mystical connection – and then begin living from it – we discover reserves of strength and love we didn’t dare believe that we had within us. We become modern mystics, with our feet planted firmly on the ground, our arms outstretched, and our minds open to the sky.

As it turns out, the Martin Luther King Jr.s of the world are not unique Messiahs, but wayshowers for us all to follow.

And when we do follow, real magic can happen. Our souls open to higher guidance. We feel the bliss of union with the Beloved. We are kissed by the sacred beauty of each moment. We become a change agent – not out of outrage at the world – but out of profound compassion.

We become a better Mom. Dad. Teacher. Ally. Friend. Citizen.

We let the Divine infuse our words, shift our behaviors and open our hearts. And we become a true conduit for grace.

What Matthew Fox will do is open the door for the courageous mystic within you to come forward by the power of his own teachings, and the bright light shone by mystic geniuses like Meister Eckhart, Einstein, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Merton, Hildegard of Bingen, Mary Oliver, Hafez, Clarissa Pinkola Estes and Black Elk.

He’ll illumine the actual path that mystics have walked (versus what is typically written about them), and show how it leads to a fuller understanding of ourselves as Divine beings – here to express great love and courage.

In short, Matthew is here to offer you a spiritual transmission of wisdom and a new template for your life – a life that is filled with the unmitigated joy of union with the Divine and the resolute power of the social change-agent.

If you are an evolutionary change-agent who is ready to elevate to the next level, you’ve been guided to the right place.

During the 7 weeks of the course, Matthew Fox will share how to integrate four essential streams of practice to become a courageous mystic – joy (a product of the Via Positiva), grief (of the Via Negativa), creativity (from the Via Creativa) and justice (the end result of the Via Transformativa).

When these four currents are married in your life, you develop the kind of spiritual courage that transforms individual lives, and even changed the course of history. It’s the synthesis of the light and dark, embodiment and transcendence, art and social action. It’s an expression of the Divine Human that is seeking to be born through you.

When you become a courageous mystic, you fulfill your soul’s purpose and become an inspiration to those around you for how to live a life of integrity, love, passion and service. What better vision for yourself can you hold?

Taking this course is not an academic exercise in simply understanding mystics – although Matthew has a remarkable scholarly wisdom to share with you. It’s really about embodying your spiritual path in a whole new way, building from the inspiring example, practices and principles of history’s greatest teachers.

What You’ll Discover in These 7 Modules

In this 7-session training, Matthew will guide you through the fundamental spiritual skills and competencies that you’ll need to successfully ignite your soul’s power – and create personal transformation and social evolution.

Each weekly contemplation and training session will build harmoniously upon the next, so that you’ll develop a complete, holistic understanding of the practices, tools and principles you’ll need to nourish your inner mystic and truly experience your spirituality.