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Keeping Vigil


I call the time between first and second sleep the Night Vigil, following the old monastic traditions.

For me, Night Vigil begins with an examination of conscience:

Oh thou Encompassing, thou All, thou One.
How can I give myself over to thee without examining who I was this day?
Open my heart to see what I have done and what I have failed to do.
Give me clarity to take responsibility for who I am,
And having taken myself up, to give my ownmost being over to Thee
so that all is done through thee, with thee, in thee.
In this Vigil in the depth of Night, by this simple letting-go:
All flows as one Love. Amen

Conscience, Judas by Nikolai Ge (1891)
Conscience, Judas by Nikolai Ge (1891)
Forgiveness of God is Announced in Jerusalem by Marc Chagall
Forgiveness of God is Announced in Jerusalem by Marc Chagall
The Inner Vision: the Egg by Max Ernst (1929)
The Inner Vision: the Egg by Max Ernst (1929)

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Keith “Maggie” Brown
I am a PhD student in Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas-Denton. I began my vocation through a nine year apprenticeship with my mentor, Richard M. Owsley. I can be found around Denton troubling students and professors about this and that. A fringe scholar wandering the borderlands between the Academy and the World, I love the hell out of Socrates and Yoda while tending to act like William S. Burroughs and Jaba the Hut. My current projects include studies of the Dào Dé Jing, the intersection of Karl Jaspers’ periechontology with Tarot, and the challenge of queering existential hermeneutics.
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5 responses to “Keeping Vigil”

  1. joseph orlando Avatar
    joseph orlando

    Keith a splendid posting. Continue in all your explorations…

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    1. Keith Wayne Brown Avatar
      Keith Wayne Brown

      Thanks so much, Joseph. Blessings _/|\_

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  2. Tracy James Jones Avatar
    Tracy James Jones

    I love that. :o)

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    1. Keith Wayne Brown Avatar
      Keith Wayne Brown

      Much love, old friend. _/|\_

      Reply
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