Coelho's Book 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION                                                                               3

-Breathing as one [1 An oil painting]                                               3

PREAMBLE                                                                                   4

contents                                                                                   5

INtroduction

Three Dreams: St. Augustine, Don Bosco, Vivian Marrone          8   

Moima: A mandala of delight [2 A prismacolor drawing]               10

Circles at midlife [3 A watercolor painting]                                   11

Glow [4 An oil painting]                                                              12

Spiritual Direction [A poem]                                                        12

1. INFINITY AS WHOLENESS EVERYWHERE

A fundamental cosmological principle                                         13

Face to Face with Creation [5 An oil painting]                               14

Breath: The Swinging Door [6 An oil painting]                               15

2. INTIMACY AS ONE'S WORLDVIEW        

A post-scientific CULTURAL perspective                                   16

A variety of standards [A reflection]                                              17

Beyond Vision [7 An oil painting]                                                  18

Light: Manifesting beauty [A poem]                                               18

Dear Quinceañera [A homily]                                                       19

3. INTEGRITY AS FRAGRANCE

A post-religious mystical outlook                                                 20

Gratefully fragrant grace: This and that! [A translation]                   21

Fragrance of Eternity [8 An oil painting]                                       22

What is morality? [A reflection]                                                     23

The Integral Standard [A reflection]                                               24

4. IN-HARMONY HERE AND NOW

With Christ-like wisdom                                                              25

The Annointed One [9 An oil painting]                                           26

Come, walk with me [10 An oil painting]                                        27

The transformative power of the breath [A reflection]                     27

Jesus breath is God’s breath [A reflection]                                      28

Heart Moments [11 An oil painting]                                               29

5. IMPERMANENCE AS PERMANENT CONNECTION

Beyond matter, life and consciousness: Direct knowing               30

Prayer as permanent connection [A reflection]                                31

The Mystical Lord’s Prayer [A prayer]                                           31

Impermanent Radiance [12 An oil painting]                                   32

Human Interest and Integral Art [A reflection]                                32

The Integral Mystic [A footnote]                                                    33

6. INTENTIONALLY INCLINED TO SERVE

The ABCD of selfless compassion                                                34

A dance of holiness [13 An oil painting]                                         35

Beholding a mirror of peace [14 An oil painting]                            36

7. INNER WORK AS ATTENTION TO THE BREATH

Simply Full, Freely Empty – Playful                                            37

Radiance [15 An oil painting]                                                        38

Beyond Emotion [16 An oil painting]                                             39

8. INWARD AND OUTWARD

Let us love unconditionally                                                          40

Integral Flames [17 An oil painting]                                              41

Integral Development [A reflection]                                               41

The Four Circles of Silence [A reflection]                                      42

Meditating the Enneagram [18 An oil painting]                              43

Soul Travel [19 An oil painting]                                                     44

Loving Joy [20 An oil painting]                                                      45

9. INSPIRED TO LAUGH WITH THE SOURCE

Bringing the world together with humor                                     46

A colorful horse [21 An oil painting]                                              47

Laugh and world laughs with you [A reflective practice]                 47

A circus elephant [22 An oil painting]                                            49

10. I TASTE THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE

The positive and creative power of experience                             50

Catch a falling star [23 An oil painting]                                         51

Sweet Vivian [24 An oil painting]                                                   52

11. IMAGINE THE UNIVERSE BREATHING IN YOU

The Integral Witness and Mystic in-Harmony                             53

Vibrations emanating light, energy, matter, … [25 An oil painting]  54

I breathe, therefore I am [26 An oil painting]                                  55

A breathing practice [A reflective practice]                                     56

The enlightened one [27 An oil painting]                                        57

12. INNOCENCE AS FORGIVENESS

Beyond painful memories the joy of mercy                                  58

Children, trauma and media [28 An oil painting]                            59

Disappointment [A memory]                                                         60

Forgiveness: an integral perspective [A reflection]                          61

Forgiving oneself: an integral process [A practice]                          62

Centers of Energy [29 An oil painting]                                           62

What is easier to forgive or forget? [A reflection]                            64

Yoga Dancer [30 An oil painting]                                                  66

Beyond meditation – Integral being [A poem]                                 66

Clear Light [31 An oil painting]                                                     67

13. IMPERFECTION FINDING PERFECTION

Gracefully, Gratefully, Peacefully and Playfully                          68

Blissful Hands [32 An oil painting]                                                69

CONCLUSION

A Letter to the Younger Generations                                          70

A young dancer [33 An oil painting]                                               71

A boy from Haiti [34 An oil painting]                                             71

You are the mirrors of the future [A reflection]                               71

A happy soul [35 An oil painting]                                                   73

How to lead a happy life [A reflective practice]                              73

Awaken, balance or center light and delight [Daily practices]          74

A beautiful peacock [36 An oil painting]                                         77

Glow with SpiritualDirection.org [A recommendation]                    78

Where the soul glows and grows [An invitation]                             78

“Laugh with me, make the world whole” [A Photobook 2019]

            Front cover: Meditative Art                                               79

            Back Cover: You can learn to laugh at any stage of life       79

“Light and Delight” [A possible Moima Publication 2020]              80