Gratitude

Simply Love One Another

July 8, 2011

As you may know, I am reading Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke and Pathways to God, Living the Bhagavad Gita by Ram Dass.  I intended to share with you some reflections on their words today, but another’s words have taken hold of me and touched my more deeply. I am visiting [...]

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What is My Purpose?

June 21, 2011

Ram Dass, in his book Paths to God, Living the Bhagavad Gita, pushes me beyond my comfort zone.  He is hitting a little too close to home. He advises me to listen for my Dharma, and then do it wholeheartedly without attachment.  Dharma is simply one’s calling, duty, purpose, or “passion”. What is my purpose? [...]

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A Death and An Ally

June 8, 2011

An old and dear friend of mine called late last night to tell me that her mother died suddenly.  She needs me to come be with her today.  I am honored that she would call. She has been a sort of spiritual ally for me over the decades, and I am grateful for her support. [...]

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It’s Good to be Alive

February 18, 2011

I’ve been reading Ken Wilber this morning, One Taste:  Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality. As I read, I find clarity and even a feeling of relief.  The world makes sense to me.  My life makes sense to me.  Compassion expands in my heart as my mind gains understanding.  Compassion extents further and further beyond me—to [...]

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Sadness Flowing

January 25, 2011

I notice when I’m sad that I have an immediate tendency to want to think about the sadness, rather than feel it.  Why am I sad?  What does this mean?  I shouldn’t be sad.  I should be really sad!  Why aren’t I stronger?  What’s wrong with me anyway? When the thoughts take over, I begin [...]

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Beauty Blooms with Practice

January 14, 2011

“For only in space can beauty bloom.”  Anne Morrow Lindbergh I’ve been playing around with this whole notion of creating space these last couple of years.  I do this in large part by simply witnessing whatever arises.  Witnessing is quite different from identifying with what arises.  It is the identification with what arises that causes [...]

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The Wonders of Dusk and Dawn

January 10, 2011

Dusk and dawn are full of the most marvelous wonders:  a great blue heron silhouette, an owl hoot, hoot, hooting after a full night of hunting, deer moving through the descending night shadows, crows gathering on fence posts to begin the day, love doves nestling together for warmth, vultures outstretching wings to welcome the morning [...]

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Bubbling Excitement

January 4, 2011

2011—and I am waking up!  Perhaps it is more expressive to say that I have finally made it through the birth canal and I am breathing the crisp, vital air with my own lungs.  Yes, the first decade of 2000 was like entering the birth canal—experiencing the labor pains—and now I am born into the [...]

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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2010

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850 Happy New Year, Friends!  I feel so much gratitude for you, dear readers.  This blog has been a gift to me and [...]

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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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