I recently heard someone make an assertion to the effect that “When something bad happens to us, we immediately look around for someone else to blame.” That was the final straw for me, and the impulse that drives this short self-indulgent rant – I mean, this concise assertion of my right to independence of thought. I’ve been hearing people include … Read More
Wisecracks and Wisdom from a Would-Be Elder
Getting older is often seen largely as an exercise in letting go, gracefully and easily (you hope), from those aspects of life that have slipped out of your capabilities or interests. There is so much more to it than that! Think of standing in a circle and being invited to join hands with the person beside you. What do you … Read More
A Brief Remembering
One day my troubled soul took flight from this abode of time and space to where I stood in Council, known by them from uncounted lifetimes past. From human physicality they lifted me to celestial vaults infinitely echoing the light and sounds of love. I hovered there beyond all human sight; infinitesimal spark, yet valued so! The eldest’s voice: ”Beloved one, … Read More
Don’t be a Lifebot.
This is your cue to sit up, wondering what a “lifebot” is. Hint: think “life robot”. A lifebot is a well-intentioned person (like pretty much all of us) who wants to improve a significant aspect of life; a person who has the self-awareness to recognize that something is missing, or out of whack, or plain unhealthy; and whose solution is … Read More
Tweaking Healing : reluctance to heal vs. effortless joy
Two lines stay with me from the movie “Crash.” You probably didn’t see it. Overall, it was a downer, with painful scenes and a non-Hollywood ending, offering worthy observations of the malaise of modern life. The lines I remember were “The only way we meet people these days is to crash into them” (the character was reflecting on her recent … Read More
Conversation with a magnolia tree
I’m in a light meditation, reaching out for other consciousnesses. There’s a magnolia tree outside the window. It’s the nearest large consciousness. I wonder how it feels about me pruning it. I feel a physical sensation at the top of my skull, which is… If it were stronger I’d call it pain. A tightness which causes me to focus my … Read More
Two Paths — Diverging and Converging
Part 2 of 2: the fork to the path of Mysticism (Please note: this introduction is very similar to the one in my post of two weeks ago on the Shamanic path) Imagine yourself standing at a fork in the road of life. Ahead are the beginnings of two spiritual pathways that lead up a mountain, to a top not … Read More
A Sprinkling of Poems
Poems have been sprinkled everywhere. Some catch the sun in drops of rain, or bits of glass or tin. Some on the ground make shapes or tracks; I bend my head to read the tale they tell. Others, hues and shades that fill my eyes. Often they move, and I must dance with them. Grand verses compass sky and earth … Read More
Full Circle: Brightness to the Dark Night and back – a spiritual journey
I came to my path not through academic study, but through my own reading, listening and above all, personal experience. I am deeply grateful for the contributions of others, those on whose shoulders I stand, that enable me to have an appreciation for the importance, validity, and context of what I’ve seen. If I am to make a contribution it … Read More