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Heart Action, Spirit No-Action

August 18, 2011

Please join me today as I share a beautiful article from guest blogger, Leslie Green: There is a Sufi Proverb that says, “When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found.” With that proverb, our stage is set to investigate our human heart, versus our untouchable, yet very real [...]

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Consent to Life

July 19, 2011

  “You must not be frighten, dear Mr. Kappus, when a sadness arises within you of such magnitude as you have never experienced, or when a restlessness overshadows all you do, like light and the shadow of clouds gliding over your hand.  You must believe that something is happening to you, that life has not [...]

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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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Anger and Impermanence

March 22, 2011

I am angry this morning–downright pissed off.  And I’m sad.  I need to do some work with the anger and sadness, and I will.  For now, for you and for me, I post these beautiful flowers.  They remind me to expand my heart.  They remind me of how beautiful and tender life is.  They remind [...]

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A Beautiful and Terrible Account

February 24, 2011

This morning I am reading Soulfully Gay:  How Harvard, Sex, Drugs, and Integral Philosophy Drove Me Crazy and Brought Me Back to God, by Joe Perez.  It is a raw account and I cry at almost every turn of the page.  I can’t tell you why—only that I do.  The tears…the tears come from deep [...]

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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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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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Grief Expressed

November 19, 2010

I am sitting on Daddy’s sofa watching the sunrise in the small field behind his house.  The tall grasses glisten in the golden sun.  I hear faint rumblings of traffic and a train beyond the field.  I can hear Daddy snoring in his bedroom—now a sneeze, and another.  He’s getting out of bed probably to [...]

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Give Sorrow Words

November 5, 2010

“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break.”  William Shakespeare I went to the chiropractor today.  While waiting for the Doctor, I began to meditate—focusing on my breath and letting go of thoughts.  As I breathed into my heart space, I noticed sensations of sadness.  Then [...]

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The Power of Presence

June 25, 2010

“Presence is a more powerful catalyst for change than analysis.” Rachel Naomi Remen I’ve been on a media fast for a little over a week now.  As I clear out the noise, I am beginning to recognize that I have some deep sadness.  I know that a large part of the sadness is about my [...]

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