Soul

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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Forgiveness

March 28, 2011

“Do not let your mistakes keep you from your Beloved, but again and again, wash in the water of forgiveness, the water of mercy and truth, and offer all that you have and all that you are, back to the One who created you and walk straight to your Beloved.” Sidi al-Jamal, Music of the [...]

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How to Change in Extraordinary Ways

March 1, 2011

March already.  Trees bud.  Daffodils bloom.  Redbuds burst.  Japanese quince explodes!  And the birds sing about it all.  Spring approaches:  a time or renewal and resurrection.  The deep sleep of winter blinks open an eye to see the wonders of life ready to burst from soil, stalk, limb, and nest.  It is a glorious time [...]

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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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An Eternal Poem

January 18, 2011

“What is the world?  An eternal poem, out of which the spirit of Godhead shines and glows, the wine of wisdom foams and sparkles, the soul of love speaks to us.”  Hugo Von Hofmannsthal Related Posts:ForgivenessHow to Change in Extraordinary WaysDry Spells

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A Taste

December 6, 2010

“Are you not humanity itself?  Do you not touch all things human, because you are its only Witness?  Do you not therefore love the world, and love all people, and love the Kosmos, because you are its only self?  Do you not weep when one person is hurt, do you not cry when one child [...]

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Remember the Field

October 27, 2010

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.  I’ll meet you there.  When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.  Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.”  Rumi I’m at Daddy’s house.  Clock ticking.  Refrigerator running.  Meditation finished.  Overcast outside.  [...]

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Dry Spells

October 18, 2010

“There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson How often do you get dry spells in your creative, spiritual, personal or professional life?  I get them often.  Either I get frustrated and stay stuck for a while or I use dry times [...]

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Carefully Crafted Messages

September 24, 2010

I had to drop off my computer for repair at the Apple Store the other night.  Have you ever been in an Apple Store?  It is way cool!  They have laptops, desktops, iPods, iPads, headphones, and accessories set up throughout the store.  It is well done and it drew me in. I only had to [...]

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Responsibility of Connection

May 13, 2010

There are many bluebirds where we live.  Seeing them reminds me of this fellow.  I had the wonderful opportunity to connect with him up close for about a week.  What a joy to see him everyday and have this kind of intimate encounter with him.  I felt truly honored. True connection is an honor and, [...]

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