Hi, my name is Timothy Malone. At present I am enjoying a sabbatical period ... after a lengthy period teaching continuing education classes for adults on various spiritual practices and World Religions, and serving as a meditation/retreat leader for the last 20 years in the Northwest. After two months of summer holiday I am now offering Spiritual Life Coaching, spiritual direction, meditation mentoring and healing arts. Click on this to Contact me or to schedule an appointment. In summer 2009 I intend to return to offering retreats, experiential education classes, and be a resource on contemplative prayer and meditation.

What does a Sabbatical mean - if one is not a full time professor?

I have made a commitment to fund a "year" off every 7 years of work. In my daily life I practice the ancient tradition of taking a "sabbath" every 7 days - to rest, replenish and re-charge in the delight of stillness and of spontaneous play. To extend this to creating a larger chunk of time every seven years gives an opportuntiy to pour oneself into an endeavor -- and then put it down -- as an exercise in letting go and opening to listening deeply for other Invitations which may get lost in the noise of life's comings and goings. For example, during these next 9 months I notice a strong desire to explore: Playing music and writing songs, at home and at "open mic" nights; exploring the connection between Spirit - and healing of body, mind and soul via "alternative medicine" such as Healing Touch and other energy based approaches; exploring what it would be like to live and work in the Southwest, or in a National Park -- or even overseas. Words to invoke Spirit (mantras) I find helpful to stay grounded these days: Be Still, Re-lax, Balance, (and) Trust.

"Treasures beyond Measure." My first opportunity for a kind of Sabbatical (though at the time I would not have used that language!) was the inner call to go on a Pilgrimage to Europe where I explored my heritage and monks/saints of my spiritual tradition for four months in 1991. However, it was the year 2000 which began my conscious engagement in following dreams that can come true: I had money to either put a down payment on a house -- or take the trip of lifetime. I made the right choice, one that changed my life forever: Three weeks before 9.11.01 I returned from a One-year Pilgrimage, solo, throughout South and East Asia -- including Nepal, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Japan. My intention is to gather the stories of these encounters with the "Other" on a journey to the source of many of the World's oldest spiritual traditions into a forthcoming book entitled, "Treasures beyond Measure." Part of this current sabbatical time will be spent in Florida collecting my reflections from eight years ago. You can help me by going to this blog and reading, giving feedback, which will give me inspiration to get this out to the public. My sense is there is something in these stories which may spark hope, engender understanding and serve as a bridge to peace between peoples. I set my intention for this book to be in the service of healing for our troubled world.

READ stories and poems published now by choosing "Pilgrimage Asia" on the menu bar.

NEW! Link to new BLOG address to read new stories in process and give your feedback: http://treasuresbeyondmeasure.blogspot.com/

Read an interview with Tim (click here) about Prayer in the midst of a fear-filled world.
Contact me regarding Spiritual Exercises/ prayer experiences from St. Ignatius and other mystics.

Active in Interfaith dialogue he takes groups to visit houses of worship of the world’s religions here in the Seattle area. For more info about seminars such as:

the “World religions Series: Visiting houses of Worship in Seattle”
and
“The Lord of the Rings: a Spiritual book club”

go to Coming Events or Seminars