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A Single Drop
Published on 2012-05-23 15:13:26
Beauty in the world is contained in a single drop. Beauty in the world unfolds when I take a moment to see, to reflect, to appreciate even the smallest expression of beauty. Taking the time to notice one small droplet can open me to the beauty that is all around me. It is a simple [...] > read more
Cultivating Patience
Published on 2012-01-05 15:46:01
Do you want to discover a patience you never knew you had? Do you want to cultivate that patience? Sit a few weeks or months with a dying old man who is stubborn and willful. Who can’t do the things you do with ease but insists on trying anyway. Who’s ability to think has come [...] > read more
Soggy Swampy Stuckness
Published on 2011-09-21 10:09:24
I’m in a funk. I’ve completely lost my mojo. Can’t find it anywhere. Haven’t been able to write. I feel like I’m stuck in a massive, soggy swamp. I suppose I could force my way through but it would take excessive amounts of energy. For now, I’m just sort of sitting in it. Letting it [...] > read more
A Beautiful Dead Lady
Published on 2011-09-08 10:09:10
“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady. Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeons knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy is helpful and admirable.” Sri Yukteswar These words made a deep impression, and the image of the beautiful dead lady stays with me. I grew up in the south and not [...] > read more
A Weird Expression of God
Published on 2011-09-06 08:57:35
“To love both the invisible God, the Repository of All Virtues, and visible man, apparently possessed of none is often baffling! But ingenuity is equal to the maze. Inner research soon exposes a unity in all human minds–the stalwart kinship of selfish motive. In one sense at least, the brotherhood of man stands revealed. An [...] > read more
Eating Mindfully
Published on 2011-09-01 10:55:15
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 [...] > read more
3 Steps to Get Out of Your Own Way
Published on 2011-08-31 10:45:06
“If we can just quiet down all the oughts and shoulds in ourselves, if we can be finished with that whole protestant ethic trip we’ve been on, we will see that we are really already further out than we give ourselves credit for being. We keep thinking we have to get behind ourselves and push, [...] > read more
Every Moment a Fresh Moment
Published on 2011-08-29 08:15:29
“What if, when I meet another person, instead of being preoccupied with our individual differences or with who I remember her as being last time, I go beyond all that, I see the soul, I see the other being who is just like me? Then every moment is a fresh moment.” Ram Dass I repeatedly [...] > read more
Finding my Way Forward
Published on 2011-08-25 09:41:33
I am moved to tears as I read Ram Dass’ words, in Paths to God, about his devotion to his guru. There is something compelling and yet frightening about that kind of deep love and surrender. I had a similar kind of devotional love for my youth pastor and his wife when I was 12, [...] > read more
Thoughts on Love
Published on 2011-08-24 09:33:43
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 [...] > read more
Still Waters
Published on 2011-08-23 09:48:50
“Still waters run deep.” English Proverb It’s been a month since I’ve written in my journal and probably that long since I’ve sat in meditation and read spiritual literature. I’ve done all three today and intend for this to be the first day of the return to my morning practices. They are important to me. [...] > read more
Explore Dream Discover
Published on 2011-06-28 08:17:26
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.&# > read more
Dare to Dream
Published on 2011-06-24 08:11:40
“The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.” James Allen What > read more
Let Your Heart Break Open and Expand
Published on 2011-06-23 08:41:50
‘If you’re really listening, if you’re awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break; its purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold ever-more wonders > read more
The Practice of Noting What You Experience
Published on 2011-06-22 08:31:08
“What we’re letting go of…is the old, self-critical inner voice, the old superego that’s so afraid of blowing it, afraid of making a mistake, afraid of looking like a fool. That is not the same you’ll notice, as the impersonal inner witne > read more
What is My Purpose?
Published on 2011-06-21 08:46:36
Ram Dass, in his book Paths to God, Living the Bhagavad Gita, pushes me beyond my comfort zone. He is hitting a little too close to home. He advises me to listen for my Dharma, and then do it wholeheartedly without attachment. Dharma is simply on > read more
How to Relax and Let Go of the Melodrama
Published on 2011-06-20 09:46:22
I’m reading Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita, by Ram Dass. I read spiritual and inspirational literature from many different genres. I find this practice not only expands my heart, but centers it as well. In his book, Ram Dass talks about > read more
Magical Thinking
Published on 2011-06-17 07:54:41
Do I believe in some sort of magic? If I do this then that will happen? If I am good enough, generous enough, spiritual enough, then all good things will happen to me, and if I’m not, then bad things will happen? Sometimes I feel the magical th > read more
My Peep | It’s the Little Things
Published on 2011-06-16 06:56:56
It’s the little things, ya’ll. I went into the garage and heard an agitated cheeping. I knew there was a nest in there so I went straight to it. Beneath the nest was Peep! She had fallen out and was hollering! I picked her > read more
The Discipline of Standing Nowhere
Published on 2011-06-15 07:31:14
“The discipline is not being attached to any patterns whatsoever, the discipline of standing nowhere. That’s a very scary discipline. It’s terrifying to stand on the edge that way, to have no definitions you can cling to: no referenc > read more
Reflections of a Pine Stand
Published on 2011-06-14 07:45:07
“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hid > read more
The Good, The True, The Beautiful
Published on 2011-06-13 09:09:28
The good, the true, the beautiful. Do you notice? Always, everyday, they are there–surrounding you. Regardless of your situation, they are there. All that is required is that you notice. Our brains are wired to notice and take in the negati > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! Grilled Salmon with Lime/Dill
Published on 2011-04-29 08:50:54
For all you non-health nuts, simply disregard the lentils in the bowl. Feast your eyes on the salmon, instead! It’s spring. Time to fire up the grill! My favorite fish to grill–by far–is salmon. In checking with Seafood Watc > read more
3-2-1 Shadow Process
Published on 2011-04-28 07:34:00
I mentioned, yesterday, that I want to be more intentional and consistent in doing my shadow work. I told you I’d share with you a technique I use to do the work. It’s simple and can be done in a few minutes. I often find resistance > read more
Shadow Work
Published on 2011-04-27 08:30:41
I want to do shadow work more intentionally and regularly. It’s such important work. Certain people really bug me: those who are arrogant, judgmental, angry, needy, and in denial. Certain people really intrigue me: those who are intelligent > read more
I Will Soar
Published on 2011-04-26 08:05:14
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! > read more
Diversity | Life Spice
Published on 2011-04-25 08:19:08
A refreshing weekend prepares me for the week. I actually played this weekend. I had fun. I laughed. I danced. I ate good food. I awoke this morning feeling relaxed, rested, and alive. In the rush and busyness of this American lifestyle, > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! Pan-fried Flounder with Capers
Published on 2011-04-22 07:07:14
When I go to the fish store, I always look for what is freshest. I also try to buy fish that is abundant, well-managed and caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways. For a list of recommended fish and fish to avoid check out the Seafood W > read more
Spiraling Momentum
Published on 2011-04-21 08:09:00
Momentum is like a spiral—dipping and rising. It is natural. There is nothing about which to be concerned. I can think of the dipping as a period of gathering energy for the rising that will follow. If I become concerned about and focused on > read more
My Buddy
Published on 2011-04-20 06:29:47
“My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.” ~Author Unknown You’ve probably seen this photo before because it is one of my favorites. This is Buttercup, my faithful companion. She will be 14 year > read more
Silly Me
Published on 2011-04-19 08:18:44
Do you ever get to feeling sorry for yourself? I do, and often it’s over the silliest things. This morning, I discovered that someone hadn’t put hay out for the horses last night. That meant I had to do it—and that is when the unravel > read more
Intentional Moments
Published on 2011-04-18 08:25:17
I feel a tad out of sorts this morning. I feel pressure. I have a lot I need to accomplish but I can’t seem to find the time to do it. The bits of time I have are small and fragmented, so I waste them to distraction. I look back at the week > read more
Live in the Present
Published on 2011-04-11 07:59:28
“These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones: they are for what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time for them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! Gingered Rice with Sweet Potato
Published on 2011-04-08 08:06:47
I’m tired–I don’t feel like cooking. I open the refrigerator for the third time, hoping something will magically appear. Then I see some left-over brown rice and 1/2 an onion. Hmmm. I glance over to the counter and see a chu > read more
Wild and Free
Published on 2011-04-07 08:08:13
We forget. I am reminding us. Look within…the freedom we seek is already there. “The Kingdom is not coming with signs to be observed. The Kingdom of God is within you.” Jesus “Those who seek oneness ceaseslessly find t > read more
Courage to Face What Is
Published on 2011-04-06 08:26:42
It’s an interesting thing—Acceptance. How I resist it. How I contract. How easily I can turn a blind eye. I think of Japan. I read that they have raised their radiation safe limit in their fish. I also read that the US Environmental Pro > read more
The Good, The True, The Beautiful
Published on 2011-04-05 07:55:18
Wake up! Wake up to the good, the true, and the beautiful. In the midst of all the turmoil, these three remain. Touch each one right now. Breathe the air into your lungs and feel yourself expand. Listen to the bird song fill your ears and sin > read more
Awareness + Will Power + Ritual = Transformation
Published on 2011-04-04 08:41:31
The alarm went off waking me from a deep sleep this morning. I hate alarms and haven’t used one in years. Last week, I decided to get up an hour and a half earlier than normal in order to have plenty of time to do my morning practice, and becau > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! Decadent French Toast
Published on 2011-04-01 07:28:11
Do you want to impress your loved ones or guests? Do you love to indulge on occasion and still keep it healthy? Well, I happen to have the perfect recipe for you! It is delicious, decadent, and oh-so-divine french toast. This is my own tweake > read more
3-Steps to Reach Goals
Published on 2011-03-31 08:59:59
I made commitments at the beginning of the year to reach goals in my life–a couple of specific and important goals. I made the commitments to reach these goals with great intention and passion, but as we all know, intention and passion is onl > read more
How to Clear Brain Clutter in 20-minutes or Less
Published on 2011-03-30 07:38:46
I awoke irritated and agitated–my brain was cluttered. I did yoga and meditation which always helps to calm and ground me, but it wasn’t enough. I remembered a friend’s Facebook status from last night. She said she was going t > read more
Presence Remains
Published on 2011-03-29 08:05:47
I am thinking of my friend who discovered a brain tumor last week. Yesterday, she found out that it is cancer and aggressive. I am sad. Lately, I have been reading Grace and Grit, Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wil > read more
Forgiveness
Published on 2011-03-28 09:12:17
“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 yo > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! Pulao
Published on 2011-03-25 07:57:26
Pulao is a South Asian rice dish. It is incredibly yummy and easy to make. It can be tweaked to your heart’s content. This is another comfort food that is good for you! This is an Ayurvedic dish that can be adjusted for Vata, Pitta, and > read more
Denying and Grasping
Published on 2011-03-24 08:46:47
I’ve been eating out of control in the last week. I have the munchies—I want to eat a lot, more than I’m comfortable eating. This suggests that I am stuffing something or grasping something. To be sure, I’m out of balance. I wonder wh > read more
All Part of Life
Published on 2011-03-23 08:30:03
I sat on the balcony watching the horses. At the end of the pasture, I noticed a large cloud of yellow pollen roll in like thick fog. Springtime in Georgia! The pollen is everywhere and on everything. Nothing escapes–especially my eyes and > read more
Anger and Impermanence
Published on 2011-03-22 07:19:40
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 remin > read more
Be Present–Wherever You Are
Published on 2011-03-21 08:14:52
This weekend I found out that a dear friend has a brain tumor. They rushed her to another city with a bigger, better hospital for surgery. We don’t know what it all means yet. Upon hearing the news, I sat for awhile, helpless. There is nothin > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! Lentils and Spinach
Published on 2011-03-18 07:45:34
I gave you my second favorite lentil recipe last week. This week I give you my all time favorite lentil recipe which I found on the internet and tweaked. It doesn’t look like much but let me tell you, it is divine comfort food and simple to > read more
Perceived Separation
Published on 2011-03-17 08:53:37
Some days I find it difficult to write. It is hard to put words to what is happening in me. The changes are subtle but steady—like a sapling growing into a strong, towering tree. What does the sapling experience along the way? The growth is s > read more
Breathe More Easily
Published on 2011-03-15 09:13:34
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep yo > read more
The World Needs Your Unique Gifts
Published on 2011-03-14 08:08:32
I have something to offer the world. I have unique gifts to give. I want to give them. I have personal and professional experience unlike any one else. You do, too—a voice, gifts, and power unlike any other. Can you feel that bubbling wit > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! Lentil and Sweet Potato Curry
Published on 2011-03-11 09:02:31
All right Food Fans, here’s another fabulous recipe for your weekend, and it’s gluten-free. It’s healthy, warm, comforting, and super easy to make. In a word—YUMMY! I always use organic and local ingredients whenever possible. 1 oni > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! Lentil and Sweet Potato Curry
Published on 2011-03-11 09:02:31
All right Food Fans, here’s another fabulous recipe for your weekend, and it’s gluten-free. It’s healthy, warm, comforting, and super easy to make. In a word—YUMMY! I always use organic and local ingredients whenever possible. 1 oni > read more
This Life, This Body
Published on 2011-03-10 08:26:39
I want to talk more about pain and suffering. I remember a time when I could barely tolerate this world. My thoughts were constantly on heaven where I believed I would no longer suffer. This life and this world were simply a matter of surviving > read more
Life is like a Rosebush
Published on 2011-03-09 08:18:23
Yesterday, I cut back the rosebushes in preparation for summer. I discovered that one must be quite careful with rosebushes! Gloves and long sleeves are handy. Gingerly handling the bushes is beneficial. Patience and full attention are helpfu > read more
This is the Only Moment
Published on 2011-03-08 08:36:30
Two relatives—unbeknown to the other—went in for emergency surgery Saturday night. My brother and Daddy’s brother. Both in their early 60s. Both strong, healthy men—or so we thought. One with appendicitis and the other with a cancer d > read more
Fabulous Food Friday! caldo Tlalpeño Recipe
Published on 2011-03-04 08:59:09
I’ve decided to start sharing my favorite recipes with you on Fridays. Fabulous Food Friday! Why would a blog named Sacred Witness bother with posting recipes? I’m glad you asked! My byline is Witnessing the World Within and Without. Th > read more
Springtime Reminds Me
Published on 2011-03-03 09:25:50
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” Abraham Lincoln Springtime remi > read more
How to Change in Extraordinary Ways
Published on 2011-03-01 08:55:27
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 > read more
Coyote and the Road Runners
Published on 2011-02-28 08:22:31
This is the coyote. He’s been hanging around the farm for a few weeks now. I think he is beautiful and magical. There is a way in which I feel honored to have him around. These are the roadrunners. Max, the one-eyed, elderly Rottweiler, > read more
Mud on My Face?
Published on 2011-02-25 08:06:47
Uh oh. I just discovered that the contact form on my blog site hasn’t been working. I think it hasn’t worked for several weeks, if not months! I have suspected a problem for awhile but every time I tested it through my computer, or even Kar > read more
A Beautiful and Terrible Account
Published on 2011-02-24 08:00:05
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 tha > read more
Now is the Time
Published on 2011-02-22 08:18:40
What an emotional morning. I awoke from a disturbing dream about my father and found that I had overslept. It was time to get the horses out–now. I rushed from bed, up to the barn, and put all the horses in the pasture–the dream was > read more
Golden Shadow
Published on 2011-02-21 08:11:23
How many of us seek that which we already possess? How many times have I looked outside myself for something that I already have within me? I look to someone else for courage and strength, or fun and excitement. I look to another situation for > read more
Can You Spare 5 Minutes to help me?
Published on 2011-02-19 07:59:13
// // Related Posts: Transformative Coaching Needless Suffering Silly Mind © Carla for Sacred Witness, 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: anxiety, stress, stress and anxiety, struggle, survey > read more
It’s Good to be Alive
Published on 2011-02-18 09:30:29
I’ve been reading Ken Wilber this morning, One Taste: Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality. As I read, I find clarity and even a feeling of relief. The world makes sense to me. My life makes sense to me. Compassion expands in my heart > read more
It’s the Little Things
Published on 2011-02-17 08:31:10
I have a practice that I am incorporating into my day increasingly. The practice takes as little as 45 seconds to complete. Let me give you a couple of examples as to how it works. The other day I stepped out onto my balcony and saw hundreds of r > read more
Take One Step
Published on 2011-02-15 08:14:53
I want to move in some new directions but I’m scared. Life is prodding me, as it always does. It starts with a nudge, but if I don’t listen it eventually becomes a prod. I begin to see the point and want to move, but before I know it, I fee > read more
Pure Joy
Published on 2011-02-14 08:06:53
“From Pure Joy springs all creation. By Joy it is sustained, toward Joy it proceeds and to Joy it returns.” ~from The Sanskrit Related Posts: The Wonders of Dusk and Dawn The Art of Acceptance Touching the Ground of Being © Carla for > read more
It’s a Lifestyle
Published on 2011-02-11 07:50:28
I often experience fear as worry and distraction—one friend mentioned procrastination. Worry, distraction, and procrastination are ways I can distance from the deep-seated fear. As long as I’m caught up with worry and distraction, I don’t h > read more
Silly Mind
Published on 2011-02-10 08:29:06
You know that speech I was rehearsing the other night that was keeping me awake? Well, I didn’t have to give it, and all resolved as I hoped—easily and quickly. In fact, it was so easy that I began to question the resolution! Silly mind. It > read more
Bringing Awareness to the Mind
Published on 2011-02-08 08:30:17
I awoke in the night to an issue I am attempting to resolve. Things appear to be going well toward a resolution but I find that I am suspect. Does the person, whom I do not know, really desire a fair outcome? My mind began to spin a bit from th > read more
Take a Moment
Published on 2011-02-07 08:16:10
If you could hear the birds sing this morning here in middle Georgia, you might think spring is just around the corner. Have you stepped out to hear them? Have you breathed in their song? When I pause a moment to listen, my heart expands. Here > read more
Interrupting the Story
Published on 2011-02-04 08:38:01
I have been making a conscious effort to examine and drop the story lines I create. It’s not easy and I have a long way to go. My story lines are often unconscious—a result of habit, culture, family, etc. For example, I’ve told myself, th > read more
Dealing with Overwhelm
Published on 2011-02-03 08:09:24
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 overw > read more
The Muse
Published on 2011-02-01 08:32:32
I awake well before 5am, from interesting dreams to inspired focus. The muse has arrived. I struggle to pay attention, to remember what the muse is saying, but sleep beckons. Muse outwits Sleep so I sit up, switch on the light, find my journal, > read more
Be Surprised!
Published on 2011-01-31 07:43:35
“Live wholehearthedly. Be surprised! Give thanks and praise! Then you will discover the fullness of life.” ~Brother David Steindl Rase Related Posts: Sadness and Fear Witnessed Cultivating Space The Wonders of Dusk and Dawn © Carla for > read more
Why I Meditate
Published on 2011-01-28 08:44:51
I tried taking up meditation years ago because I had heard of the benefits and my anxiety was out the top. I simply couldn’t do it because my mind and body were too agitated. I could rarely make it past a couple of minutes before crawling out o > read more
Transcend and Embrace
Published on 2011-01-27 08:49:40
I found an old charm bracelet at Daddy’s house while visiting. I recognized it but couldn’t remember who’s it was. I asked Daddy about it and we decided it must have been my grandmother’s. It’s a simple bracelet with three charms: t > read more
An Investigation into a Story Line
Published on 2011-01-26 08:15:19
I awake and hear myself say, “I don’t feel good.” A story line. Easily said, easily latched onto. What does it mean that I don’t feel good? It could mean a thousand different things on any given day. I must inquire into this story l > read more
Sadness Flowing
Published on 2011-01-25 08:23:15
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 wi > read more
Sadness and Fear Witnessed
Published on 2011-01-24 08:04:50
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 territo > read more
An Eternal Poem
Published on 2011-01-18 08:41:30
“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: Dry Spells Cultivating Space A Taste > read more
Dealing with Resistance
Published on 2011-01-17 08:40:13
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 > read more
Beauty Blooms with Practice
Published on 2011-01-14 08:01:42
“For only in space can beauty bloom.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh I’ve been playing around with this whole notion of creating space these last couple of years. I do this in large part by simply witnessing whatever arises. Witnessing is > read more
Attention is Vitality
Published on 2011-01-13 07:37:29
Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. – Susa > read more
Cultivating Space
Published on 2011-01-12 08:09:12
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. Th > read more
Irritation Creates Opportunity
Published on 2011-01-11 08:43:42
Irritation opens up the possibility for empowerment and acceptance–if we allow it. By sitting with the irritation and dropping the story line attached to it, new possibilities become available. I had purchased a meditation audio that I tried > read more
The Wonders of Dusk and Dawn
Published on 2011-01-10 07:25:08
Dusk and dawn are full of the most marvelous wonders: a great blue heron silhouette, an owl hoot, hoot, hooting after a full night of hunting, deer moving through the descending night shadows, crows gathering on fence posts to begin the day, love d > read more
Relaxing Resistance and Irritation
Published on 2011-01-07 07:56:15
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 diffic > read more
Life is Practice
Published on 2011-01-06 08:22:49
“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.” Marian Wright Edelman Life is practice. Being f > read more
Life is Grace
Published on 2011-01-05 08:04:31
“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all momen > read more
Bubbling Excitement
Published on 2011-01-04 08:17:59
2011—and I am waking up! Perhaps it is more expressive to say that I have finally made it through the birth canal and I am breathing the crisp, vital air with my own lungs. Yes, the first decade of 2000 was like entering the birth canal—exper > read more
Vision Requires Practice
Published on 2011-01-03 08:47:19
“Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient short > read more
Happy New Year!
Published on 2010-12-31 08:08:16
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850 Happy New Year, Friends! I feel so much gratitude for you, dear readers. This > read more