This is my meeting ground, the place where I come to train in the energetic arts with the hidden masters. Where do you go when you retreat into yourself? Do you have "hidden masters" that teach you?
Read MoreI love those moments in life when I let go of my drive to get things done, when I take advantage of my time in exotic places, and simply enjoy the world as it is. I wrote this a while back and reviewed it today looking at the unpublished drafts on my blog. Even though I am in my familiar world here at my home, I liked the feeling that it gave me.
Read MoreToday, we sing our praises as the "land of the free and the home of the brave.” I wonder though, is any freedom granted from without meaningful if we are not free within? And vice versa, how can we exercise our inner freedom if our outer freedom is severely suppressed? This letter to my future self was written on November 9, 2016, after the unbelievable and shocking election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, and scheduled to be read on July 4, 2017.
Read MoreSometimes, I feel that my writing misses the mark and that my poetry is mediocre at best. Though I keep the anxiety at a distance, I fear my muse is gone. The art and practice of writing challenges me to keep an open channel for inspiration while also sticking to a discipline of writing whether or not I feel inspired. What practice do you do daily whether or not you "feel" like doing it?
Read MoreI have had lots of struggles with my body recently--back and knee pain and I broke my arm while traveling in Japan. It is now in brace. Increasing and constant pain in my back and body has really been a daily challenge in the past several months. I work through it as best I can...and this letter is a reminder that I can be complete no matter what the circumstances...What keeps you intact despite the challenges of life?
Read MoreWord the World in a way that brings you to life and life to you!
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In our everyday encounters with others, whether strangers, acquaintances, friends, or family, we carry on two conversations: one is the everyday talk at the surface; the other is the a deeper sould-to-soul conversation. What mght we besaying to each other onthat deeper level?
I wrote the poem A Day Like Any Other while sitting on my patio in the early monring, listening to the birds. To me they seem to sing with such joy and wonder, as if to say “This is another day, another day like no other.”
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The pandemic has forced many of us to short our attention away from the outer world and thrust into our own inner world. The concepts of achievement and success that drive us in the outer world do not apply in the inner world. This leaves many of us lost, confused, and frightened. Now the we are reduced to the essentials, we have a chance to re-imagine our relationship with ourselves, with life, and therefore, with the world. In other words, it has stripped away some of what came between us and life. What brings you closer to life?
For me, Easter is not a question of faith. It is the acknowledgment of the awakened spirit, a kind of rising up to animate, or re-animate, the inert body, or to restore spirit to the inertia of one's life. And in this time of isolation, sheltered in our homes, we have a chance to re-animate our ives and the world in which we live. What new spirit do you wish to bring to life?
The pandemic calls us to turn inward, to look inside ourselves, to return to the heart and ask ourselves: what is essential in our lives? What do you think the virus is calling you to do?
