Spiritual Fruits or Just Nuts?
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground. Let the beauty we love be what we do. ~~Rumi I love this picture, taken when the Christ the Redeemer statue was under construction. One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, it was built in Rio di Janiero in the 1920’s and is huge, overlooking the whole city. It captures how I so often feel on the path and I look at it from time to time to remind me of what it symbolizes to me in my...
Read MoreChanges….
The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson I’ve been reflecting lately on changes and illusions and all that happens as we age (even if we don’t grow up), all that happens as we grow and change and how much of life is how we see it. In the pic above, do you see two old folks, do you see the vase, do you see the woman coming through the doorway, do you see the young people? It all changes as your viewpoint changes. So much...
Read MoreThe Mountain Remains…
I am always with all beings, I abandon no one. And however great your inner darkness, you are never separate from Me. Let your thoughts flow past you calmly. Keep Me near, at every moment. Trust Me with your life, because I Am you, more than you yourself are… ~~~Bhagavad Gita I spent the last few days with my parental units, in a little town in Southeast Missouri. This is an area I blogged about last week when I was thinking of my grandmother and my memories of smells, heaven and so on. Lest I sound too romantic, the other reality is that this area located in the buckle of the...
Read MoreForgiveness, Metta & Priorities
Good morning, Happy Thursday! 🙂 I’ve had several conversations today about priorities, forgiveness and how making forgiveness a priority is such an integral part of the journey and a good life. Forgiveness comes from words meaning “allow,” and literally means “for giving.” Everyone I’ve talked to today is having such a rough time, and there is a lot of emotion swirling around. All of this got me thinking about feelings and what we do with them, and about for-giving. I think when we forgive we give up the sense of being a victim so we can set ourselves...
Read MoreShowers of Mercy
I’ve gotten a few 911 calls this morning from people in crisis or pain. This is such a deep time for people, it seems like everyone I know and most of my clients are in some kind of relationship shift, some kind of transition or deep grief. Lots of people are sick, lots of things are in a big transition. I am acutely aware of the pains and joys of the people in my inner circle and beyond…aware that like the breath rising and falling, life ebbs and flows, ever moving into something new and different. But the memories linger, the hopes and dreams and hurts and forgiveness...
Read MoreSpirituality of Grief and Joy
Hello all 🙂 There are certain things I’d like to focus on that aren’t solely related to the Blessings Blog, so I created a separate blog for some of the deeper ponderings related to grief, loss, mindfulness and other parts of the path. The Blessings Blog will have lots of events, announcements, etc. and i don’t want to constantly be filling your in box with misc stuff. So feel free to stop by the Spirituality of Grief and Joy blog as well, and leave a comment or just enjoy the Guest House. peace and blessings 🙂
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