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Preface: I just returned from visiting my parents and sister in the land of processed foods. While I was there, surrounded by all food boxed and wrapped in plastic, I read most of a book called The Way We Eat which is about why our food choices matter and the ethics of those choices. The [...]
This is in the continuing vein of trying to crystallize, maybe for future writing, maybe just to say the words, a few things each week that are in the flow around and through me. If you want to see the other weekly posts, put ‘ten things’ in the search box at the top of the [...]
It might be true that all things come to those who wait. that all sights are visible in one’s heart. that any experience is everyone’s experience. That being said… I still want to slide into deeper waters, the secret aqueducts, the chambers of the heart of the universe. to surface from the underground in sunny [...]
I’ve been asked to post the powerpoint slides from a talk I gave at the Spiritual Awareness Center here in Bend a few weeks ago early in the Advent cycle, December 6th. These are my talking points, so the info may not flow as well as an essay-type post. The prayer/poem was experiential and seemed [...]
If you want, the Virgin will come walking down the road pregnant with the holy and say… “I need shelter for the night, please take me inside your heart, My time is so close.” Then under the roof of your soul, you will witness the sublime intimacy, the divine, the Christ taking birth forever as [...]
I wanted to say more about expectations. I am currently fascinated by them because my mind has been planning, creating, and dissecting the future for decades! But, I believe expectations interplay significantly with the duality of this life. If we can truly let go of labeling things “good” “bad” “right” “wrong” then can’t we also [...]
There’s a trailer on YouTube for a new documentary called “Processed People”. Due to “technical difficulties”, I can’t get it to embed here so hopefully the link will work – For me, it was so worth the watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G96Sztb8Ctk I love this trailer. I’ve been on a kick for a really long time to eat [...]
1. Water pipes that freeze every year eventually will break. Duh. 2. Sometimes saying hard things to people you love—well, you’d rather have your fingernails pulled out. 3. Everything is connected. If I can’t see it, it’s because my eyesight is too damn limited. 4. Bringing the darkness to the light, instead of the other [...]
Many of you are familiar with Malidoma Some’s work with men and initiation, flowing from his tribal connections to the African Dagara. His now ex wife Sobonfu Some has some equally powerful things to say about women’s processes. This video is especially poignant, as Sobonfu talks about how grief is related to knowing where the [...]
At the juncture where the iliacus and the psoas muscles entwine On the corner of my right hip and my future self All manner of constrictions are brought to the surface So they can be have their say. Last week, December 12, I fell down six stairs onto my right hip. This week has brought [...]