The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices

by Casper ter Kuile

“When you see the world as lover, every being, every phenomenon, can become . . . an expression of that ongoing, erotic impulse.” The wind rustling through the trees whispers our name. The lapping waves caress our skin.

By now, we’re aware of the power of vulnerability, but so rarely do we have a place where we can tell the ugliest truths about ourselves and know that we will still be fiercely loved.

“Gratitude is the emotional response to the surprise of our very existence, to sensing that inner light and realizing the astonishing sacred, social, and scientific events that brought each one of us into being.”