Thomas Matus has dedicated years to the search for analogies of experience between Tantric yogis and Christian mystics. He has traveled widely in India and made frequent retreats at the Ashram of Shantivanam, where Bede Griffiths taught. Aside from meditation and some sacred rites, Matus’ spiritual practice is threefold: At all times and in all things: Give thanks; Judge not; Love enemies. Says Matus, “my teacher is the wounded surgeon, with healing in his hands. He sends us the public defender, with comfort for our hearts. She keeps me mindful of my practice, and when I am not, she reminds me (most often through others). Matus lives in the hills above Berkeley, California, in a modest, low-profile monastery called “Incarnation.”
