Jonathan Frey

@PaulStamets Headed to shakedown street soon! Will I see you there?

Hello people, I am so gratified to be able to experience the Final Tour of the DEAD. What a fantastically kind and creative culture they have curated over the decades. Whether you realize it or not, they have enriched  the fabric of your lives. Cheers and respect, in kindness.

@JohnMayer See you tonight John. Can’t wait.

San Francisco, night 2/3.

Another hike in the books with the fellas. Secret Canyon Trail.

@SirWaxnberg I’m hoping to start at Naropa this March. Sounds like a good start, especially as the field begins to take shape. Thanks for the insights!

@jonathan_c_frey Many trainings including CIIS and Naropa have paths for chaplains. These are narrow paths but would open up more locations for you. Being in the right start goes a long way. In Colorado under prop 122 things are much more open. *Plug the organization I work for here*

Well guided my first *legal* psilocybin ceremony today. Feeling blessed, excited, grateful, humble, and exhausted. I can’t believe this happening 🫠🙏🏼

A good hike while up near Mount Tamalpais.

Some questions. Will I allow myself the luxury of attentiveness this new year? Will the love I receive transform and transcend my pain in this new year? In what ways can I move to the side of it own interests, so to make room for Love?

@alex_blondeau I also am indifferent in reading the psalms to a dying person makes me a “believer” in anything other than the importance of reading the psalms to a dying person.

@alex_blondeau Sometimes, when a patient asks me to read a Pslam to them, I secretly, in my heart, replace “lord” or “god” with “silence,” and it makes a very important difference. “Silence makes me lie down in green pastures,” is especially poetic.

The difference between believers and unbelievers is much less interesting than the difference between those who have become acquainted with silence and those who have not.

@DRCOOKEJACKSON Since having children, I have an ongoing letter I’ve written to both of them. I started writing it when my first son was still in my wife’s womb. He’s now 3 1/2 and has a little brother. I don’t write in it every day, but often enough to make a record of valuable moments.

Do you have one thing you just love about your ‘practice’ - your daily ritual? Mine is my 10-year journal. Been at it for 3 decades. I am just finishing the 3rd; the green one (2012-2022). The red is new (2023-2032)! It’s a daily reminder that life is transformative & shifting

@RizomaSchool My two boys are 3 1/2 and 1 1/2 and it’s the most challenging season of my life. We’re constantly second guessing ourselves because of they’re toddler-isms. We must believe that the work done now will be pay dividends later on.

I worked my ass off when my kids were little to care for their needs and make sure they were securely attached and now I am having the time of my life as a parent and enjoying the fruits of my labor. It is just hilariously fun every single day.

Got a chance to take my oldest on a hike yesterday. At one point, he saw people walking on a mountainside. “I want to go up there,” he said. So we went up there. My beloved.

Last night I tried to light a candle for a dinner blessing, so my three year old grabbed the candle and threw it on the floor. It’s hard not to feel like a bad father these days, but especially around solstice, for some reason.

I really wish I could carve out time for meaningful traditions for my toddler ages children. Instead, time is spent picking up their rooms, managing tantrums, making their meals, cleaning their filth, and basically just surviving.

Eckharts book of secrets. Begotten daughters, as well.

@jonmsweeney I think “letting go” is crucial in establishing divine attachment. Though, I agree; “letting go” of what? And what for?

This may be just me, but I find it interesting how helpful many people find the spiritual advice, “Learn to let go.” Doesn’t speak to me much at all. I’m more in need of attachment.

From “The Way of Cubans Tzu,” composed by Thomas Merton.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, another victim of neoliberal tendencies. Only after Rudolph produced that which the bourgeoisie approved did he find meaning, purpose, and value. Yet, Rudolph possesses intrinsic value not because of his “doing-ness” but because of his “being-ness.”

We must love our own poverty as Jesus loves it. It is so valuable to Him that He died on the Cross to present our poverty to His Father, and endow us with the riches of His own infinite mercy. Thoughts in Solitude

@simonsarris Did you install your own stove? Just got bad news that our chimney is defunct and we’re looking for new avenues for aesthetic warmth.