rediscovery begins from a vague nothingness…
peeking ’round into the tender glow One of the most important differences between a change & a transition is that changes are driven to reach a goal, but transitions start with letting go of what...
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blue on moss….kissed the truth… When we speak instrumentally, we try to influence the listener by informing or affirming or rebuking. But when we speak expressively, we speak to express the truth...
View Articlered feathers & white snow…..the swoon of passion & soul….
flying at dawn into heaven….. Horses at Midnight without a Moon Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down but the...
View Articletruth is tucked away in the heart of the deep heart
buddhas in the sky Until we develop an inner discipline within our soul, we feel rebuffed, turned away, and cast aside when we try to enter the Silence in a conscious way and go deeply into it. If our...
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Albert Einstein once said that the most important question a human being could answer is, ‘Is the universe a friendly place?’ A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven...
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the storms of our lives…. Sometimes we grow most through suffering, loss, and betrayal. The unexpected breakups that befall us deepen our capacity to lead an authentic and free life. Often by working...
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As Schopenhauer says, when you look back on your life, it looks as though it were a plot, but when you are into it, it’s a mess: just one surprise after another. Then, later, you see it was perfect....
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a little soul refreshment…. To pour the sacred water of the beloved upon our spirits we must first, recognize joy as it brushes lightly against our souls, and second, appreciate joy in the moment...
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Beginning students of spirituality are likely to replace worldly ambition with spiritual ambition. Here the hazards of entrapment are similar to those in the secular world. The passionate pursuit that...
View Articlethe riddle of knowing God…..
So now I was in the Hole for the first time, no light, no bed, shivering in the midst of summer in a cell that was damper and darker than the Swiss dungeon of Chillon that Byron had written about and...
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