Coelho's Books - 2020
WRITINGS & ACADEMIC PURSUITS IN INDIA, ITALY & THE U.S.A.
(2020) POETIC BREATHS FOR YOU & ALL WORLD LEADERS -SELECTIONS FROM MY INTEGRAL MEMOIRS
(2020) LED BY GOD: GRATEFUL JOURNEYS -MEMOIRS OF A GRATEFUL WRITER
(2019) LAUGH WITH ME MAKE THE WORLD WHOLE -MEMOIRS OF AN ARTISTIC HEALER
(2018) FORGIVENESS: MYSTICISM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY -MEMOIRS OF A SPIRITUAL GUIDE
(2017) BE BLESSED: 100 LETTERS FOR INTEGRAL LEADERS -MEMOIRS OF A YOUTH WORKER
(2016) "PRAY FOR ME": 360 MIRRORS OF WHOLENESS -AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
(2010)
TO AWAKEN, BALANCE OR CENTER
LIGHT
AND
DELIGHT
-
(1994) MANDALAS, MYTHOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY -AN INQUIRY INTO TRANSFORMATION
CONTENTS
Dedication
3
Preface
4
A leap into painless forgetfulness or eternal loss
of consciousness
4
Is death or
resurrection the end or a new beginning?
5
Partnering with my prayerful imagination as
wholeness
6
A Note on Steppingstones [S], Footnotes and
Bibliography
7
Book 1: With the Coelhos of Aquem, A Pilgrim
Miraculous
7
Book 2: With Fr. Cajetan Lobo and Don Bosco
Youthful
7
Book 3: With Kabirdas I breathe, therefore I
am
Poetic
8
Book 4: With Vardhan, Limitless beyond
Darkness Shadowy
9
Book 5: With Vivian I learn to be the right
Partner
Blissful
10
The fragrance of eternity TODAY
11
Contents
12
Chapter 1
Journeying with Miraculous Imagination
A Christian Pilgrim from Aquem, Goa
S1 With Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
20
“Virgem
Milagrosa” or “Vizmitanchi
Saibin Mãe”
S2 1950/10/07 My first wonder-filled Journey
21
To the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in
Navelim, Goa
To accept life with God as Father, Son and
Holy Spirit
S3 The First Baptism in South Goa - A mythological
story
22
S4 The Christian Foundations
24
1. Baptismal Promises
2. Love gives and forgives
S5 1957/09/30 A walk to the monastery in Aquem
26
To the Chapel of St.
Thérèse
of Lisieux, the Little Flower
To accept my
limitations and Communion
with Jesus Christ
S6 Sacramental Spirituality can be Excremental!
28
Practical recommendations for Total Health
S7 1988/08/06 A journey into the void of
nothingness
30
Beyond the Basilica of
Bom Gesù
& the
Sé Cathedral in Old Goa
Total surrender
like St. Francis Xavier and St. Joseph Vaz
S8 St. Joseph Vaz
– A Short Story “The Angelic Priest”
32
S9 Spirituality:
The Shelter of Glory
beyond
The Empty Tomb!
36
The Cloud of Unknowing and the Void of
Nothingness
The day the Universe embraced me
S10 1992/11/16 From Golgotha to San Francisco
38
From the Graceful Church of the Holy
Sepulcher in Jerusalem
We walked away grateful to be
alive after a
terrorist attack
S11
The Pilgrim’s Journey: A Story of Jesus, Mary and
Joseph
40
"Be it done unto me according to thy will."
Lk
1/38
S12 1953/10/18 From Aquem Baixo, Goa to Palo Alto,
CA
43
Radiant Journeys with
ABBA
and the Silent Wonderworker
Chapel of
St. Joseph,
the husband of Mary in Davorlim, Goa
S13 St. Joseph of Nazareth: God’s Mysterious Clown!
45
Mary’s precious and happy clown hereafter
S14 1954/02/26 With the Rhythm of Christ’s Breath
47
Abba - Maranatha - Shalom - Ooteeshbokhta
[Delight
or Moima]
Pandvam Copel
dedicated to St. Sebastian in Aquem Alto, Goa
S15 The Miracle of the Risen Christ
48
The transformative power of the Spirit or
Breath
S16 Praying with
Abba -Unconditional Acceptance
50
♥
Breath 1 with the mind of a teacher
S17 Praying with
Maranatha
– Welcome Resilience
51
♥
Breath 2 with the heart of a healer
S18 Praying with
Shalom
– Peaceful Impermanence
51
♥
Breath 3 with the soul of an artist
S19 Praying with
Ooteeshbokhta
– Glorious Celebration
52
♥
Breath 4 with the zeal of a priest
S20 2012/05/20 from San Bruno to Ephesus in Turkey
52
At Mother Mary’s House the Shrine of
Meryem Ana
Evì
“Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with
you.”
Lk 1/28
S21 Spirituality as breathing Wholeness
54
Infinity, Intimacy and Integrity In-harmony
Chapter 2
Journeying with youthful imagination
A little rabbit [Coelho]
and a big wolf [Lobo]
Fr. Lobo’s Centering Prayer and Fr. Coelho’s
Integral Prayer
with Eucharistic Spirituality and the
Salesians of Don Bosco
where life is colorless, borderless,
selfless and guiltless
S22 First meeting with Fr. Lobo at
Dom Bosco in Pangim, Goa
57
S23 My first exam in religion with Fr. Lobo
58
S24 Fr. Cajetan Lobo, the first Salesian of Don
Bosco from Goa 59
S25 Fr. Lobo’s Centering Prayer and
Fr. Coelho’s Integral Prayer
62
Praying with the White Host - A Mandala of Unity in
Diversity
History, Catholic Traditions and Salesian
Community Life
where trust and truth unfold and enfold as
prayer
S26
Historical
judgments, physical evidence, mathematical truths
65
S27
“To study history well, remember a name, a date and
a fact.” 67
S28 The White Host: my Mandala of Unity in
Diversity – Colorless?
70
S29 May prayer rule the world
[Mandala
2016]
71
Praying with the Up and Down Host
- A Mandala of Intimacy
Geography, Human Connections and
Relationships
S30 Where infinity and eternity meet in every
breath
72
S31 “Heat from below and pressure from above …” –
Borderless?
73
S32 Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ!
[Mandala
2013-19]
75
Praying with the Round Host -A Mandala of Gratitude
Where true
wealth is
being
divine: giving thanks, forgiving
Economics, Capitalism, Socialism,
‘Other-isms’ and the Poor
S33 Life on a spectrum of energies that can go low
or high
76
S34 Thanks-giving like the breath has a fourfold
process:
77
Awakening the gift
Balancing new wealth
Centering the positive and creative energies
Delight in glorious wholeness
S35
“Demand and supply control the markets and surplus”
79
Where grateful people are happy people
Selfless:
The Giving Circle - The Church of Delight
S36 Recall, record and treasure the gifts you are
grateful for
81
1.
Gratitude has endless benefits
2.
Gratitude even helps with sleep issues
3.
Gratitude boosts happiness by 25%
4.
Happiness creates success
5.
Your Happiness Set-Point
6.
Gratitude is a choice
7.
Gratitude takes effort
8.
Stop being a little bitch “feeling sorry for yourself …”
9.
Keep a Daily Gratitude Journal
S37 As I choose to live gratefully
[Mandala
2016]
83
I learn to pray selflessly
1. with the mind of a teacher with a positive mindset
to share
2. with the heart of a healer as a service or ministry
of presence
3. with the soul of an artist as a service of bringing
light and delight
4. with the zeal of a priest as a service of
leadership with passion
Praying with the Cross on the Host
– A Mandala of Forgiveness
85
Growing with the Spirit in a Body, Mind, Heart, Soul, Environment
where
Imperfection is
Perfection, Wholeness in a Wounded World
S38 Pierced with the pain of humanity
85
S39 With Technology and 5 Healing Practices
86
Towards the
Future in a Wounded
World
S40
Forgiveness like the breath has a fourfold process
88
S41
Learning from Fr. Lobo’s Words and Deeds
90
Where Imperfection finds
Perfection - Guiltless WHOLENESS
Lesson 1. Humility
Lesson 2. Determined Resolve
Lesson 3. Gracefully “I can do all things …”
Lesson 4. Gratefully like Mother Mary
S42
As I learn to accept the cross and forgive
gracefully
92
I pray with Baptismal Innocence
– guiltless
[A Multi-Faith
Poem - Mandala 2011]
Chapter 3
Journeying with Poetic Imagination
Sant Kabirdas:
the song, flavor and
essence of India’s soul
S43 The 500th
anniversary of Kabir’s death at Maghar, India
94
S44 Can I say that God led me to Kabir’s Mysticism
or Rahasyavād?
95
S45 Poetic Imagination
97
A Mandala of Infinity
Journeying with the Root [Muladhara]
Chakra
To open the Wheel of Material Existence
Oh seeker, recognize the real teacher and the God of
truth.
S46 “If God and the teacher were to stand in front
of me,
98
I’d bow first to the teacher, who introduced me to
God.”
S47 Why the need for a teacher?
100
S48 The first direction awakens the soul to the
spiritual.
102
Sixty-three Transformative Teachings to grow and glow
[7 x 9] Daily Affirmative Practices with Light and
Delight
A Mandala of Intimacy
Journeying with the Sacral [Svadhistana]
Chakra
To Balance your Power Wheel with Sweetness
Oh seeker, rest in the Fragrance of Eternity here and
now
S49 “The deer searches for fragrance in the entire
forest
104
Until at last its nose rests on its navel
and finds it there.”
S50 The second direction strikes a new balance
106
A Mandala of Integrity
Journeying with the Solar Plexus [Manipura]
Chakra
To Center the Energy of Sex and Relationships
Oh seeker, seek the gem of Creativity with a Moral
Compass
S51 “Why look for God in the temple, mosque or
church?
107
He is to be found in every breath one takes.”
S52 The third direction centers attention with
intention.
109
A Mandala of Impermanence
Journeying with the Heart [Anahata]
Chakra
To Delight in Transformation
Oh lover, learn, un-learn and re-learn
S53 “Not by learning from books, but by loving does
one love.”
110
S54 Adaptability with the proper use of technology
112
S55 The fourth direction leads to Delightful
Compassion.
115
A Mandala of connecting with Pure Intention
Journeying with the Throat [Visuddha]
Chakra
To let God, let go ego gracefully and gratefully
Oh healer, Surrender the duality of Inner and Outer
worlds.
S56 “Water inside and outside the pot.
116
Break the pot, it’s water everywhere.”
S57 Nine practices for healing in harmony with pure
Intention
117
S58 The fifth direction lets God, let go ego
122
A Mandala of Power beyond Illumination
Journeying with the Third-Eye [Ajna]
Chakra
To penetrate every duality with vibrations of
perfection
Let all decisions radiate peacefully with Light of the
Beloved
S59
With the radiance of my Beloved everything is
radiant
123
S60 Light and Vision as Reality
124
S61 Light as a Metaphor
126
S62 The sixth direction radiates peacefully
127
A Mandala of Righteous Immortality
Journeying to the Crown [Sahasrara]
Chakra
To be blissfully healthy and happy LAUGH all the way
Awaken, Balance, Center Delight playfully with LOVE
S63 When you are born you cry, everyone around you
laughs.
128
When you die make sure you laugh while everyone cries!
S64 Mysticism: The Immortal Path of Righteousness
131
S65 I breathe [SIMPLY FULL, FREELY EMPTY],
133
Therefore, I am [IN HARMONY WITH THE
UNIVERSE]
S66 The Power of the Breath and My Magic Synthesis
135
Om, Viva, Xānti, Moima
S67 Awakening, Balancing or Centering Delight
136
S68 Laughter and Silence
137
Awakening, Balancing and Centering Delight
S69 A variety of
mystical journeys and inner voices
140
S70 The seventh direction embraces everything and
everyone
142
Chapter 4
Journeying with SHADOWY Imagination
With Vardhan beyond the Darkness
S71 A dream on March 29, 2017
144
-The shattering of the glass
S72 A movie on March 30, 2017
147
-How did she overcome the darkness?
S73 Dream-work on April 4, 2017
149
-Traveling with the Light
S74 Soul-work on April 5, 2017
150
-Pre-ordained to be ordained a Priest
S75 Shadow-work on April 6, 2017
152
-Pai,
Pride, Prejudice and the Pandavas
S76
Soul-work on April 12, 2017
153
-Pain, Prayer, Peace, Pardon and Laughter
S77 Brain-work on September 30, 2019
155
Limitless Learning with Neuro Pathways
S78 Spirit-Work 2019/10/08
159
“Simply full, freely empty”
S79 Spirit-Work 2019/10/11
160
With the essence or
Soul of
Christ
S80 Spirit-Work 2019/10/12
161
With the Energies of Christ healing the Wounds of
Humanity
S81 Spirit-Work 2019/10/13-16
162
“Unless the Lord builds, ...”
Psalm
127/1
S82 1. WHY do I feel the way I do or WHAT are these
feelings?
163
S83 2. HOW should I grieve or address the losses I
experience?
165
Lesson 1. From hostility to hospitality
Lesson 2. ‘All one’ or ‘all for a few’ – selfishness
and abundance
S84 Lesson 3. God awakening, balancing and
centering Delight 167
Prayer as Intimacy and Prayer as Delight
Chapter 5
Journeying with BLISSFUL Imagination
with Vivian Elizabeth Marrone
where being the right PARTNER is what matters!
Miraculous Heart Moments
S85 How the Risen Christ led me to Vivian
170
S86 More encounters and heart moments
171
S87 Torn between love, freedom, duty and fear
172
S88
Vivian visits Goa in
India
172
S89
Victims of terrorism
in unholy Holy Land
173
Poetic, Parabolic and Paradoxical Freedom
S90 The Pearl of Great Price
175
S91 My Letter of Resignation to Archbishop Quinn
176
S92
1993-09-30
Vivian re-visits Goa
178
S93 1993-10-16 A Tribute to the Wonders of Love
179
S94 1993-12-04 "My Beloved is mine and I am His."
182
S95 Deceit? A secret that I was not at liberty to
reveal
184
S96 Priests who followed their hearts
186
S97 Beyond Vatican Bureaucracy -Mukti-
Freedom!
187
S98 How the Risen Christ led me to
the Altar with Vivian
189
S99 We asked Bishop Dittler to officiate at our
wedding
190
S100 The Wedding Liturgy
191
Youth work, Ministry and the Crucifixion
S101 My life changed significantly for the worse
192
S102 Towards gainful employment
193
S103 1994-97
Associate
Pastor at Christ Church
194
S104 A Homily on ‘Conflict in Heaven’
195
S105 1995-97
San
Francisco International Airport Operations
197
Project Manager, Procedural Writer and
Interfaith Chaplain
S106 Family Therapy and Art Psychotherapy in
California
198
Shadowy Conflicts, Negligence and Distortions
S107 Conflicts as a Married Catholic Priest
199
S108 A Letter to Pope John Paul II on 1993-11-01
201
S109 A Letter on Ash Wednesday, February 9, 2005
203
Setting the record straight with the
Archdiocese of SF
S110 A response to the SDBs in Goa “… Dishonest
Distortions?”
205
in
Reminiscences of the Salesian Province of Panjim. 2015
S111 A wounded healer finding Perfection in
imperfection
208
Blissfully
becoming the
Right Partner
S112
Marriage:
Psychological and Spiritual Perspectives
208
S113 The Magic Ability to Share Life and Intimacy
209
S114 The Power of the Subconscious Mind and the
Universe
210
S115
Recommendations for lasting marital bliss
212
A: Recognize your
shadow
B: Humbly seek help
C: Practice
spirituality as happiness
D. May your silence
be comfortable
Forgiving oneself, an integral process
S116 I am sorry, please forgive me
214
S117 Forgiving oneself with the
chakras
or centers of energy
214
S118 What is easier, to forgive or to forget?
217
Spiritual Direction and
the Church of Delight
S119 Today, My Family Circle in San Bruno,
California
217
S120 The Healing Circle [Awakens the Infinite Power
of Hope] 218
S121 The Mystic Circle [Balances the Intimacy of
Love]
219
S122 The Empty Circle [Centers the Integrity of
Faith]
220
S123 The Painting Circle [Energizes Impermanence]
222
S124 The Giving Circle [Delights In-harmony]
223
S 125 Where being the right partner is what truly
matters!
224
S126
Spiritual Direction is a service of partnership
with God
226
Conclusion
The fragrance of eternity partnering with laughter
227
SIMPLY
I breathe in air [involution as expansion or
unfolding]
FULL
I pause as the breath travels all over my body
FREELY I breath
out air [evolution as coalescing or enfolding]
EMPTY I pause as the universe
rests inside my body.
The Rev. ARIOSTO J. COELHO, Ph. D., conducts Rituals, Workshops and blesses the faithful