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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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It’s the Little Things

February 17, 2011

I have a practice that I am incorporating into my day increasingly.  The practice takes as little as 45 seconds to complete. Let me give you a couple of examples as to how it works.  The other day I stepped out onto my balcony and saw hundreds of red-winged black birds foraging in the horse [...]

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Take a Moment

February 7, 2011

If you could hear the birds sing this morning here in middle Georgia, you might think spring is just around the corner.  Have you stepped out to hear them?  Have you breathed in their song?  When I pause a moment to listen, my heart expands. Here in the United States, we are a little over [...]

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Be Surprised!

January 31, 2011

“Live wholehearthedly.  Be surprised! Give thanks and praise! Then you will discover the fullness of life.” ~Brother David Steindl Rase Related Posts:Heart Action, Spirit No-ActionLet Your Heart Break Open and ExpandSilly Me

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Sadness and Fear Witnessed

January 24, 2011

I’m sad this morning, and scared.  Mostly, though I’m scared.  Mostly though, I’m sad—is what I meant to say!  Am I mostly scared?  I confuse myself sometimes.  The subconscious is so tricky—isn’t it? I’m venturing into new territory and that requires letting go of the old, thus the sadness and the fear.  The releasing of [...]

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Cultivating Space

January 12, 2011

I reached into my jewelry box to dig out a necklace.  I found it terribly knotted. I worked with the necklace for several days but simply could not make any headway.  Finally, four days later, I sat with the necklace and sort of spread it out.  The knots were not so tight as I had [...]

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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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Relaxing Resistance and Irritation

January 7, 2011

I awoke early.  All seemed to be aspiring for me to get out of bed to begin my morning rituals.  I was resistant, but realized I would not go back to sleep. I was irritated while meditating.  I was running a story line in my mind that I had difficulty dropping.  I was agitated.  I [...]

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Life is Grace

January 5, 2011

“Listen to your life.  See it for the fathomless mystery it is.  In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness:  touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”  [...]

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The Practice of Expanding and Releasing

December 29, 2010

Day 9 of my sinus infection and I’m finally beginning to get some relief—thanks to the antibiotic that I was reluctant to take.  Yesterday, I got discouraged.  I was tired of being sick and unable to attend to some exciting projects.  Much like the copious amounts of infection clogging my sinuses, thoughts began to fill [...]

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