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rekindle the fire in the ice of winter’s longing
delicate sky Profound, transformative, and liberating experiences are frequently recast as higher or deeper truths. As human beings, we struggle with life, and when we find a way of experiencing life...
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burst into full-on life like deep red fireworks
burst open Once we experience a moment of the joy that comes from being right here, right now, we can never forget its possibility. With spiritual practice, ‘ah’ usually shows up as a first taste of...
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soulful prayers for a new year of gratitude
When they stay quiet in the muteness of naked truth, resting in a simple and open-eyed awareness, attentive to the darkness which baffles them, a subtle and indefinable peace begins to seep into their...
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unraveling the healing in-between our life stuff
the not-so-subtle nuances of hope… While celebrations are intended to honor life’s more momentous occasions, much of real life tends to happen during the in-between times. While moving from one moment...
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to go as deep as our longing…
It’s not easy for Westerners to ‘live along some distant day into the answer,’ as Rilke suggests we do with our big questions. We want answers. We have spent three thousand years looking for them,...
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the generosity of sacred space
We do have a deadening desire to reduce the mystery, the uncertainty of our lives….We bind our lives in solid chains of forced connections that block and fixate us.….Our sense of uncertainty and our...
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resisting shadows drag the night down deeper
The unfolding of the human heart is artful and mysterious. We cannot capture freedom and place it in time. For the mature spirit, freedom is the journey itself. It is like a labyrinth, a circle, a...
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can we be strong in profound humility?
We search everywhere outside ourselves to try to find ourselves. We collect experiences, relationships, knowledge, and objects. We hope recognition from others to validate our importance. But while we...
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no enlightenment, just light
Real faith means holding ourselves open to the unconditional mystery which we encounter in every sphere of our life which cannot be compressed in any formula….Martin Buber to be ‘free’ of entangled...
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what is larger than that which we seek?
Mind is a mirror in which the light of the soul reflects. ….Hari Dass strengthening our willingness to begin again…..through community, challenge, and silence…..where do we spend this life we are...
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light reflected as golden nuance
Those who seek the light are merely covering their eyes. The light is in them now. Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all. ….A Course in Miracles sensations of profound knowing lead...
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the blurred light resists its shadows
As all the Heavens were a Bell And Being, but an Ear… …Emily Dickinson what is undeniable?….where does the weave unravel, and where does love become engulfed by the blurring of light? and where is the...
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mid-flight uncertainties
Consider how some days we wander into a wash of birdsong and are filled with the quiet music of the Universe. But no matter how we linger, the birdsong fades and we must enter our day. Other days, the...
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light on the path home
Like a caring mother Holding and guarding the life Of her only child, So with a boundless heart Hold yourself and all beings. ….Buddha we are reminded again and again that we breathe together……that we...
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the threshold of surrender
Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes that it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears……Thich Nhat Hanh some of our longest days are like night’s gifts of...
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the brave & free kind of gravity
If we suspend our judging minds, we will see that what God has made is very good. Creation is wondrous. It is not for us to deny such gifts. The only natural response is gratitude and care. To wake...
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where the edges soften
Awakening, like love, is not an achievement. It is a blossoming of your own being. Infinite. Always here. …..Chameli Ardagh resisting that space of feeling ‘half asleep’ may be the finest work of...
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wild wonder of the cosmos
To be enlightened by all things is to remove the barriers between one’s self and others. ……Dogen we cannot have faith unless we create the space for wonderment, for bewilderment, for sparking...
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being in the beautiful dream
We are here to dance together our grief, our hurt, our woundedness, our vulnerability, our joy, our triumphs, our return, and our rising insight. …….Sianna Sherman the dreamlike quality of experience...
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the heart knows
Sometimes, we just need to hear ourselves breathe. …..Jeff Foster it is always sobering to realize how easily we can allow negativity to sway our dreams, self-worth, and life purpose….even for a...
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