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Owl Medicine

July 22, 2011

I discovered owls yesterday.  Four of them.  It appears that two are babies. This morning, after putting the horses in, I went to the tree.  They were all there. I lay beneath the tree watching and listening.  They were tussling a bit, then one flew over to nearby tree with a chunk of food (a [...]

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I Will Soar

April 26, 2011

What is this notion in my head that I need more time?  I have more time than most.  I have intentionally made it so.  Yet, now, I am pushing myself out of the nest. It’s time!  Spread your wings and fly! No!  Wait!  I need a little more time! Come on, baby, spread your wings [...]

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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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No Longer Consumes, Only Creates

September 14, 2010

I awoke feeling low on Saturday—deep in my bones.  I forced myself from bed and outside to care for the horses.  They came running to me, ready to rest after an exciting night out at pasture.  Cantankerous old Eddie gently nuzzled me, as if sensing my darkness.  As we entered the barn, I found the [...]

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Life Urge

July 28, 2010

Baby wrens were born in the garage.  I watched them and sang to them many days.  Finally, they fledged from their nest but two of them didn’t leave the garage.  For several days, they awkwardly flapped around, too afraid or weak to venture out of their place of safety.  I could hear the mother or [...]

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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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