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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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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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Dealing with Resistance

January 17, 2011

I’m out of sorts this morning.  Bad night.  Many interruptions.  Uncomfortable in my body and spirit.  There are a couple of areas in my life that need attention.  They are draining vital energy from me because of my resistance to dealing with them. Are the two areas needing attention related?  Of course they are—all is [...]

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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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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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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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Giving Voice

November 15, 2010

My voice has not been strong for much of my life.  I have kept it silent, afraid of the trouble it may cause or wanting to keep the peace or wanting to be safe or wanting to avoid misunderstanding.  Waiting, I suppose, for my spirit to grow large enough to contain it.  Is it large [...]

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Newborn Babe

November 10, 2010

As a newborn babe I crawl from my mother’s womb And stand on wobbly legs in the new world; Wash the new body that has just been So tenderly born from a lifetime labor, And walk to stand before the fire. I raise my face to your infinite sky And feel your touch of grace: [...]

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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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Shoo Shame

October 26, 2010

I went to a cooking class last night where I saw some folks I had met a couple of days before at a party.  I was happy to see them, but I realized that I felt some shame.  The shame surprised me, as it always seems to do. I felt shame that in my enthusiasm [...]

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