spiritual practices

Eating Mindfully

September 1, 2011

I’ve been thinking about food a lot lately.  I’ve decided it’s time to clean up my act.  My diet has gone to pot in the past month with my move, Daddy’s diagnosis, and the death of Buttercup.  I’ve been eating crap and I feel like crap as a result.  Eating poorly also impacts me in [...]

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Thoughts on Love

August 24, 2011

I’m visiting my Dad this week.  I can hear him snoring in his bedroom as I write and sip coffee.  Last night as I put medicated ointment on his rashed back and massaged his neck, he said, “Carla, I’m glad you’re here.  You got here just in time.  I was really getting down.”  Bless his [...]

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The Light of Awareness

June 30, 2011

Man, oh man, I woke up in a bad mood.  I couldn’t go to sleep until after midnight, didn’t sleep well through the night, and Buttercup awoke me at 5am needing to go out.  Then, I thought I would have help with morning barn chores but that didn’t happen.  And to top it off, last [...]

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Dealing with Overwhelm

February 3, 2011

This has been an interesting year for me already, and it’s only February:  illness and injury, huge inspiration in work and spiritual practices, great news regarding my Dad’s health, shifts in relationships, etc.  I notice that I am a tad overwhelmed.  So much of what is coming at me is good, but it is simply [...]

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Reflections on 2010

December 28, 2010

I am taking time to reflect on 2010 and look forward to 2011 and I want to share some of my reflections with you.  I would also love to hear your reflections! Favorite Personal Achievement: I’m most pleased about my continued spiritual practices that have resulted in some significant shifts.  I am also pleased that [...]

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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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Spiritual Exercises

October 25, 2010

“Is there anything I can do to make myself enlightened?” “As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.” “Then of what use are the spiritual exercises you prescribe?” “To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise.” –Zen master to his disciple If you are [...]

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Impulse and Resistance

September 17, 2010

“We don’t really go anywhere, we just take our time getting there.”  From the movie, La Mission I have this impulse towards spirituality, towards awakening, towards expanded consciousness—and resistance.  I play at spirituality.  I hang out in the shallow end, dabbling there. I have dived into the deep many times but quickly return to shallow [...]

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The Practice of Discipline

July 7, 2010

The Kingfisher dove suddenly from the tall pine.  I heard his chatter just before he launched.  I looked up to witness the bird tumble toward the water, submerge for a split second, then rise with ease.  He plunged with resolve and precision.  I had been glancing up at him from my float while he sat [...]

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Prepping for Beauty

June 18, 2010

I painted my living room yesterday.  It has taken over 6 hours from beginning to end.  At first, I struggled around all the furniture, convinced I couldn’t make more room for myself to move.  After bumping into things repeatedly, getting cramps in my body from the contortions, and frustrating myself to no end, I finally [...]

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