a dozen roses of heart-red fierceness
The Rose is without why She blooms because she blooms She does not care for herself Asks not if she is seen. ….Meister Eckhart This beautiful, crushing life allows us to doubt, to cower, to slither...
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The soul rides on the feathers of the wind. ….Meister Eckhart we move from despair to dreams as full as a million twinkling stars, dancing, falling, sifting down to the soul of the heart-flame……we...
View Articlethe opening of flowers, truth, & smallness
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it. …..Alice Walker maybe you have found a safe place to live in-between the nooks of buffered feelings,...
View Articlebe a New Year’s visionary
As we near the new year, I like to ask one of the questions I have found most useful in setting intentions & making choices: Where does the energy want to go now? I ask this question & sit...
View Articleunearthing divine ground
Like many of us, I’m after that moment that opens up the world, that moment that keeps things whole: the sudden clearing in the forest, the swell of Mozart in my heart, the way time opens when my...
View Articlea new spiritual language
Life is a challenge. How about we stop the glorification of busy and find a bit of peace and stillness on our yoga mats instead? How about we eat what makes us feel good? How about we stop trying to...
View Articlethe reality project
River shadows shift Boundaries in the water world Water, air, trees, earth Yin and yang shadows meet Light and dark merge then separate Off river bottoms Mingling with the sky’s reflection There on...
View Articlewhat lies beneath happiness?
We have access to every wonder and joy imaginable, simply by virtue of being alive. I believe that people have an instinctual desire to lead happy, fulfilling lives. And, I believe that happiness is...
View Articlethe rise into creative awakening
Run my dear, From anything That may not strengthen Your precious budding wings. …..Hafiz do you remember where you first encountered the deep satisfaction of this life? and then where it may have...
View Articlein search of our finest moment
Vigils calls us to a loving listening. Because we have so much restlessness and noise in us, we find it hard to nurture a listening attitude. So even the very listening to chant begins cultivating...
View Articlestanding still
In this choiceless Never-ending Flow Of life, There is an infinite array Of choices. One alone Brings happiness- To love What is …….Dorothy Hunt where can we go to be? where can we go to listen? where...
View Articlemove in the way of light
We are an extraverted society. We interpret our lives by external causes and influences and give almost no heed to our interior. And so, in compensation, we fall deep into ourselves, sensing and...
View Articleunder the ordinary
While many people seem bent on achieving extraordinary levels of consciousness and great powers of spirit, religions also teach the holiness of the commonplace. It isn’t easy in our complicated world...
View Articlebigger than sky
As I write myself, I create myself again and again. ….Joy Harjo consider every leap of faith a ritual of truth….an inner compass of craziness….the good kind….be it…..honor it….let go into it…..don’t...
View Articlenaked abundance
S.c.o.p.e your meditation- Show up with a pad of paper and a pen. Calm you body, mind and spirit with a few minutes of deep breathing. Observe your inner and outer world. Make note on paper of inner...
View Articleimmeasurable trust
Whether or not you know that you are beautiful, the flowers gaze at you, whenever you walk by. When your heart feels like stone and you’ve lost sight of the gifts being given, you are still held by...
View Articletravelers to ancient lives
I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again. ~ Anais Nin the unique shape of each life invites us to clarify the insoluble, and to let it go……reach for mystery...
View Articlewhere we find stone
The antidote to despair is not to be found in the brave attempt to cheer ourselves up with happy abstracts, but in paying a profound and courageous attention to the body and the breath, independent of...
View Articlefor all that haunts us
It is not in expansion or rosy feelings that you find your bliss. Nor is it in your darkness or heaviest contractions. It is in the flow, in the movement between the two. ~Chameli Ardagh there is so...
View Articleart for real
To be an artist it is not necessary to make a living from our creations. To be an artist it is necessary to live with our eyes wide open, to breathe in the colors of mountain and sky, to know the...
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