Precious, Unfathomable
The unfathomable Within Beneath and within the supple, sweet, transitory armor of skin is a universe unique to each being. What dreams and thoughts and friendships commence in those cells within our skin and beneath our skin? We overflow our sense of self unknowingly as we walk and talk each day. Each of us a “one” created of many. Tiny beings swirl and have their lives within us, within our lives We are a cosmos, a creature, a multitude I am discouraged by humanity sometimes… in the dire news, or when I drive and red road rage seeps in through my windows …. yet each human, each entity is...
Read Morewild web of relationships
Relationships are the foundation of our lives and far more rich and complex than we might know. With the aim of wholeness healing and full aliveness, the more we nurture and attune to relationships the better. The old western thought that we are fundamentally individuals on our own and ruled by our own volition alone is naive and untrue. Within our bodies are intricate relationships sustaining us. On the inside, our gut bacteria work to keep us well. On the outside the food we eat either nourishes or harms these bugs that help us. Recently, a link to depression and poor diet, ie poor gut...
Read Moreauthenticity
Be yourself. If you are not sure of your qualities, strengths and weaknesses, ask your best friends. How would they describe you? One kind of suffering we can let go of is the pain of trying to twist our selves into images, roles or expectations that are not in keeping with who we truly are. Although we have to adapt to situations and others in social roles, we are larger than our roles. People who are true to their values and their gifts are stronger and more centered than people who are focused on outside evaluations of them. Be yourself, be authentic
Read MoreSimple truth
Live by simple truths. Be who you are…if you need clarification, ask those who know and love you to describe you. Live pursuing meaning rather cheap thrills. Joy accompanies meaning. Be with good people… we all rug off on one another. Live close to nature– in how you eat and time you spend. Natural light, beauty and awe renew and replenish body, mind and soul. Nurture relationships–with people as well as animals, a place, and, if you are intentionally on a spiritual journey, with dreams and the unseen. You will be answered when you reach out but it takes time. Know...
Read MoreMeaning leads to fullfillment
One of my favorite documentaries from PBS is Happy. I recommend it. This is not as simple as it may sound. There are themes that emerge. Money doesn’t do it, although minimal food and shelter allow people to be less distracted by trying to survive. Status, education and good looks dont do it either. Rather, values, soulfullness and connection, intrinsic rewards are the seeds of happiness.No one is happy all the time. We live within cycles of loss and gain and fallow times. But the foundation of a fulfilling life is meaning. The happiest people in the world cross-culturally are those...
Read MoreDive into solitude and dark
There’s not enough darkness in our lives. Not enough space for quiet, silence gestation, contemplation, or the digesting of suffering. We have frequently come to think of darkness as a place of evil or misery but another kind of darkness is full of potential, of mystery and the unknown. This sacred darkness is a place of incubation like the great universe surrounding us. Darkness is a place of creation. Inevitably, darkness reveals its other kind of light. It’s taken so long, many years but now I know the way of the underworld, the wonders of the ways of dark illumination. I have seen...
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