inspired by and dedicated with love to: Aqeela, Bill, David, Evon, Jon, Lynne, Orland & Tracy You arrived here just after a meeting that really was a profound meeting. The […]
The Fire of Truth & Love
It’s in this fire, truth, and love…the truth that can only spring forth out of love. We think we get clever and we speak the truth. There is no truth if it does not come out of love. None. The only truth there is must necessarily come out of love. Not squishy appeasement, not fuzzy feel-goodness, not progressive-perkiness. Rooted, heartful, open, exposed, devastating, precise, unpredictable, messy, messy love.
being an asana – no surprises here
we were in the midst of learning about the art of assisting in yoga. lovely details about how using language and “presspoints” to enable yoga practitioners to find the wisdom […]
Being an Asana – No Surprises Here
We were in the midst of learning about the art of assisting in yoga. Lovely details about how using language and “presspoints” to enable yoga practitioners to find the wisdom […]
The Third Self: On Wisdom, Conflict and the Conquering Soul
Having been asked what engaged spirituality means to me, I began first with the simple practice of observing what the question stirred in me: o First: resistance to writing about […]
The Third Self: On Wisdom, Conflict and the Conquering Soul
“We are desperate to have the answers to every question, to always know what to do and how to respond. It is obvious that there is so much that we don’t, but what we do know is that the way it has been done is not working…You have permission to not know.”
– from “Courage to Be Human” Angel Kyodo Williams
The Courage to be Human: A Path to Transformation
We have all heard the radio, watching the television with our mouths gaping in disbelief, our hearts wrenching in despair. We have heard talk of resolve and determination. Plans for justice and retaliation. Unanswerable questions being asked and unimaginable events being lived.
A Good Day to Die II: Repentance for McVeigh
I woke at the crack of dawn this morning from a sleep I’d never quite achieved–horrified, enveloped in grief and confusion. The sun had not disappeared from the sky forever, […]
A Good Day to Die II: Repentance for McVeigh
I woke at the crack of dawn this morning from a sleep I’d never quite achieved–horrified, enveloped in grief and confusion. The sun had not disappeared from the sky forever, […]
A Good Day to Die I
‘Today is a good day to die.’ That’s a good ol’ Zen saying, a warrior-spirit of a call that embraces each day of life completely with the knowledge that this […]