morning practices

Still Waters

August 23, 2011

“Still waters run deep.”  English Proverb It’s been a month since I’ve written in my journal and probably that long since I’ve sat in meditation and read spiritual literature.  I’ve done all three today and intend for this to be the first day of the return to my morning practices.  They are important to me.  [...]

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Cultivating New Eyes

May 11, 2011

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”  Marcel Proust This photo fascinates me.  When I snapped the shutter, I only saw the feather.  It was when I downloaded the photo that I discovered the damselfly.  This has happened to me several times before. How much in [...]

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Silly Me

April 19, 2011

Do you ever get to feeling sorry for yourself?  I do, and often it’s over the silliest things.  This morning, I discovered that someone hadn’t put hay out for the horses last night.  That meant I had to do it—and that is when the unraveling began. It was now going to take me an extra [...]

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Awareness + Will Power + Ritual = Transformation

April 4, 2011
Morning Practice

The alarm went off waking me from a deep sleep this morning.  I hate alarms and haven’t used one in years.  Last week, I decided to get up an hour and a half earlier than normal in order to have plenty of time to do my morning practice, and because I want to extend it [...]

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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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Minor Distractions

December 3, 2010

Ever notice how you get on a good roll and something comes along that derails you?  It doesn’t even have to be something major.  The minor distractions derail me more often.  In fact, I find the minor distractions to be insidious—able to keep my awareness from them, if I’m not careful.  When something major comes [...]

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Peace Begins with Me

June 10, 2010

I was running errands the other day while fuming.  I was upset.  When someone pulled out in front of me, I cussed at him in my mind.  A moment later I got out of the car to pump gas and noticed the little sticker I have on my bumper:  Create Peace.  How can I create [...]

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