evolutionary impulse

Explore Dream Discover

June 28, 2011

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”   Mark Twain Three big words:  Explore Dream Discover Words of courage, [...]

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Reflections on 2010

December 28, 2010

I am taking time to reflect on 2010 and look forward to 2011 and I want to share some of my reflections with you.  I would also love to hear your reflections! Favorite Personal Achievement: I’m most pleased about my continued spiritual practices that have resulted in some significant shifts.  I am also pleased that [...]

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Touching the Ground of Being

November 30, 2010

“Let the great search wind down; the self-contraction uncoil in the immediateness of present awareness; let the entire Kosmos rush into your being, since you are its very Ground; you have never moved, and it is all exactly as it should be, when the robin sings on a glorious morning, and raindrops beat on the [...]

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A Holy Evolving

November 16, 2010
butterfly at phinizy swamp

Spirituality freed from the confines of rigid and fixed theology excites me.  Everything becomes holy, as Peter Mayer sings in his song Holy Now.  A holy evolving. Yes, even spirituality is evolving.  The evolutionary impulse pulsates through me, and all of life.  It is vital, insistent, and, frequently, demanding. Imagine the caterpillar refusing to spin [...]

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Giving Voice

November 15, 2010

My voice has not been strong for much of my life.  I have kept it silent, afraid of the trouble it may cause or wanting to keep the peace or wanting to be safe or wanting to avoid misunderstanding.  Waiting, I suppose, for my spirit to grow large enough to contain it.  Is it large [...]

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An Expanding Heart

November 8, 2010

“Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence.”  Kurt Goldstein I awoke thinking of family.  We have some significant medical issues going on—life and death issues–even a medical crisis right now.  I know many other families who are in similar situations.  It can be frightening.  It is [...]

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Pushed by Pain, Pulled by Impulse

May 31, 2010

I heard a talk by Michael Beckwith recently.  I was impressed.  He was asked if change requires pain, suffering, or chaos.  We certainly see repeated evidence that this is so. Dr. Beckwith had a wonderful answer.  He said that we are pushed by pain until we are pulled by impulse.  This resonates deeply with me. [...]

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About

January 22, 2010

One regret, dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.  Hafiz   My name is Carla Royal, and I am the creator of Sacred Witness Blog.  Sacred is an anagram for scared, and that is where I came from—a [...]

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