Parabola's Summer 2005 issue:
Restraint: The power of not doing Click here for highlights of this issue!
In this issue: "The Secret Practice" by Laura Simms Transformation through surrender to story
"Negative Capability" by Christopher Bamford How the heart knows
"Nothing to Gain, Nothing to Lose" by Sheng Yen What's the difference between apathy and no-mind?
"Listening to Another" by Douglas Steere The perfect patience of true friendship
"The Contraction of God" by Howard Schwartz Making a space for creation
"The Intensest Rendezvous" by Paul Mariani Imprisonment and poetry in the life of John of the Cross
"Adab" by Kabir Helminski The Sufi tradition of courtesy
"On Not Speaking" by Brother Paul Quenon Meditations on the rule of silence
"The Yoga of Hesychasm" by James S. Cutsinger Ten steps on the ladder of prayer
"Another Axis Within" An Interview with Paul Reynard
SCIENCE AND THE SACRED "Are There Limitations to Science?" by George Ellis Ambiguity and human meaning
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ANCESTORS "I Am Caribou People" by Sarah James Respecting the homelands of the animals
POETRY "Sleeping in the Forest" by Mary Oliver "She Responded" by Hafiz"As Much as You Can" by C. P. Cavafy "The Turtle Overnight" by James Wright "Keeping Quiet" by Pablo Neruda EPICYCLES - Traditional stories from around the world "Freely, from Chuang Tzu" by Anne Twitty "Sky Woman's Grandchildren" by Joseph Bruchac "Is That So?" by Gioia Timpanelli "Love at First Sight" by Carol Rubenstein and Regina Ress TANGENTS "Eternal Presence" by Caroline Herrick An exhibition of handprints and footprints in Buddhist art
"First Seen" by Miriam Faugno Photographs at the Dahesh Museum of Art, New York
FILM REVIEWS What the Bleep Do We Know!? | reviewed by Christian Wertenbaker
Celebrating Our Mistakes | reviewed by Arthur Kurzweil
BOOK REVIEWS Gilead by Marilynne Robinson | reviewed by William Kittredge
The Heart of the World by Ian Baker | reviewed by James George
Tree of Souls by Howard Schwartz | reviewed by Josepha Sherman
