awakening the landscape of inner fire
shockingly real…. Reenchantment means stepping beyond the modern traditions of mechanism, positivism, empiricism, rationalism, materialism, secularism and scientism- the whole objectifying...
View Articlethe wild & impractical necessity of soul retrieval
Shall I say it again? In order to arrive there, To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not, You must go by a way wherein there is not ecstasy. In order to arrive at what you do not know...
View Articleevoking the muse through squam love….
an art retreat for soul renewal Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties… ….Gail Sheehy finding one’s inspired self requires sifting through a little sand……a search for treasure and a...
View Articlean empathic call to the stalled insights of the heart
By bringing attention to your mind and body you can make any activity transformative, and thus live more deeply. At its core, transformation requires becoming more conscious, becoming more aware of...
View Articleendurance & equanimity
There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken. And a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength. There is a hollow space too vast for words through which we pass with each loss, out of...
View Articlebigger than sky
As I write myself, I create myself again and again. ….Joy Harjo consider every leap of faith a ritual of truth….an inner compass of craziness….the good kind….be it…..honor it….let go into it…..don’t...
View Articlethe tiny buds
I believe deeply that the seasons have a great deal of spiritual wisdom to offer us if we make space to listen. They teach us of the cycles and seasons of the earth and of our own lives. We are...
View Articlere-envisioned
Heart cloistered in tinted glass, this sanctuary candle beats the ruby-red of a hummingbird’s throat, its undulating pulse a fire in the breast, all flicker and dart, the flame’s iridescent feather...
View Articledrifting into a dull haze
Vulnerability is wrapped around the axis of all pain. Therefore, as we go into the darkness, it’s crucial to do so gently. Whether we are suffering from the weight of accumulated fatigue or have been...
View Articlesimple doubt
With empowerment comes responsibility. There are no villains, no heroes, no gods on Mt. Olympus. No monster under the bed. Those shadows of imagination are excuses, rationalizations, justifications,...
View Articlethe story that holds us
“You point out something that’s very simple, but really striking and unsettling in good ways and bad. That even when the miracle is of a life restored, that is always a temporary restoration. And you...
View Articleflight
Despite all the blessings of an awakened life, and all the support we can give each other, we can stumble and lose ourselves in a second. I can leave home tomorrow and trip into an old insecurity and...
View Articlecircles within ourselves
We are here essentially to risk ourselves in the world. We are a form of invitation to others and to otherness, we are meant to hazard ourselves for the right thing, for the right woman or the right...
View Articlethe unseeable stream
The visionary perceives possibilities, envisions wholeness and embodies the quality of clarity. One who has attained stability of attention and experienced inner stillness may access a transformative...
View Articleto be or to be alive
There is an ancient tale about a warrior in quest of a magical sword that will make him invincible. Along the way he meets by chance a wise old master who gives him a set of spiritual disciplines to...
View Articlelost. maybe found.
When we try to identity our deepest self by eliminating all the nonessential elements, it is elusive. Is there one who feels in the absence of feelings or who thinks in the absence of thoughts? When...
View Articlethe quality of mind
The richness of our environment is based on the level of our awareness. The world “out there” is the way we perceive it “in here,” and that’s not a static affair, for our reality changes with our...
View Articleto act or to be
The city trembled at the wolfoutside its gates, fangsfierce, howling with hunger,fur thick with blood.Francis approaches softly,palms open. When the wolf lunges his breath stays slow and steady,looks...
View Articlealchemy of waiting
But grief is not a force and has no power to hold. You only bear it. Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold...
View Articleok. I shine so you can shine.
We are not just here together to keep each other company.We are here together, to show each other God.The portal is each other.~Jeff Brown hello new day, new mood, new openness….. inquiry for today~...
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