Stay Still—Stay Put I live on an island in the Pacific Northwest which gets furious windstorms in November. Yesterday there was such a storm and the entire island lost power. I was on my computer at the time when I realized the internet was down due to the outage. For a moment I experienced […]
The Desire-prompted / Process-based Universal Self-Impulse and Attraction In the bigger scheme of things, the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that’s a whole different thing. This is a reflection by American poet Lucille Clifton. Poets, visionaries, mystics, and branches of science such […]
I Am Not a Saint! The far-reaching effects of COVID-19 and its variants are its tragic human cost. Our life’s golden thread weaves us into the evolutionary web which renews, reorganizes, and continuously restores wholeness to its fabric. Following your thread, therefore, is a way to heal and transform a broken-hearted world, through surrender […]
A Cascade of Mass Liberations Why wouldn’t the inner experience of universal interconnectedness change everything when it is expressed unapologetically? There is no need for a gap between what we see, say, and do in our lives and in the world. Tragically there are many who might respond but cannot, due to personal […]
Feed Your Love-guided Attraction A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he […]
We Must Have Something Life Needs My niece recently told me: “I approach everything expecting something to go wrong.” Certainly, this would prepare her for the worst in all situations! But I felt a wave of sadness. Something gets lost with this focus. She is not alone in having alternative arrangements when plans […]
Find Your Golden Thread If you knew listening and responding to the deeper part of yourself could become a solution to global warming, racial injustice, economic inequality, systemic biases, and environmental degradation, how would you feel? If you discovered caring for yourself and others could have a similar effect, would this bring you […]
