TEMPLATE: Blog Masonry

I came to this place

This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best as you can, not to let the wire brush of doubt scrape from your heart all sense of yourself and your hesitant light. If you remain generous, Time will come good; and you will find […]

what will you welcome?

For so many, grief for the devastation of our world has long been activated and felt; for others, a virus has broken us and opened the portal to grief, perhaps more than we think we can bear. Grief for the suffering and dying of our human family; grief for having squandered so much life energy on […]

wide open

One of the simplest ways to access natural awareness is through memory. Let yourself remember a time when you felt awake, connected, peaceful, and expansive- n a state of “beingness.” Don’t try too hard. Let it come to you in a simple way. Now remember how you felt at the time. What did your body […]

so little feels real

Many people struggle to cope with the changes that seem to be coming their way, but if you wish to face the future as confidently as possible, it can help to accept that it- and the world- are unpredictable, and try to embrace life’s uncertainties. The key? Not to get too ahead of yourself and, […]

exotic states of mind

listen to the hum beneath, its unstruck chords offer full silence note by absent note it can play you into existence. ~Amara George Parker what did I forget to bring with me into this life? inquiry for today~ what does breaking free mean to you now? under feelings Dogen writes- “All sparks and flames exist […]