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Opening. Doorways.
A couple of poets have been making some adjustments for me, none less than US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, and the beloved Mary Oliver. They each have something to say about prayer, and when they are done, they have shown … Continue reading
Show Me How
A few days ago, I was observing an online classroom. There were a couple of points where the professor was interacting with an individual student. The student said something that I could tell the professor wanted to give some additional … Continue reading
Moon Phases
Many people across human history have paid reverent attention to what they see of the moon in the sky at night. Almost every indigenous tradition has sacred stories about the moon, some of which attempt to explain why it is … Continue reading
The Alchemy of Time
Today is an experience. Yesterday, was a memory. Tomorrow, will be an anticipation. I frequently find myself thinking of time in a linear way like this. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow. I think I’m not alone. I think most human beings experience … Continue reading
Posted in Gift of Transformation
Tagged present and future, reflections on working with past
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Chaos Required
Transformation comes out of chaos. Is this true? I’ve been thinking about it lately. I imagine two different scenarios which inform transformation, whether personally (e.g. health, financial, sense of purpose, search for meaning), or in larger social, cultural and political … Continue reading
One Thing Changes Another
Each separate being in the universereturns to the common source.Returning to the source is serenity. Tao Te Ching, 16Stephen Mitchel, tr. He lived in the house down the street. I only ever saw him when he passed in a car, … Continue reading
Everything Is Always Changing
Balance comes, not from holding onto a situation, but from making friends with heaven and earth. Earth is gravity, or practicality. Heaven is vision or the experience of open space in which you can uplift your posture, your head and … Continue reading