echo of a heart beat
On the other side of experience, the heart meets its own wisdom when there is little left to say. It is here that we finally listen to silence. But having to live in the world, we spiral in and out of...
View Articlea profound risk of contentment
Learning to love differently is hard, love with the hands wide open, love with the doors hanging on their hinges, the cupboard unlocked, the wind roaring and whimpering in the rooms rustling the...
View Articleprayer & meaning
Prayer takes the mind out of the narrowness of self-interest, and enables us to see the world in the mirror of the holy. For when we betake ourselves to the extreme opposite of the ego, we can behold...
View Articlemingling in the halls of gratitude & longing
The supreme purpose & goal for human life is to cultivate love. …..Ramakrishna as we nurture and tend to the heart, we harvest our blessings, come clean with our grievances and soften our...
View Articleattunement to essence
Withdrawal can be a very positive way of stepping forward and done well, a beautiful freeing act of mercy and as a human behavioral art form, underestimated in this time of action and engagement. So...
View Articlewalking lightly, trailing soul
Each separate being in the Universe returns to a common source. Returning to the source is serenity…..Lao Tzu shaping our unique destinies goes beyond new-age platitudes of shape-shifting our desires...
View Articlewaking up to a stark landscape
Are you looking for an awareness so deep and powerful that your frustration and difficulties with life vanish in the presence of your understanding and wisdom? Are you not looking for a ticket out of...
View Articlemythic land, mythic heart
I thank God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes….e.e. cummings who...
View Articleit’s all in the details
Everything in the Universe is interconnected. Within each it is reflected. ….Lourdes Pita ever forget many important details about an event or a conversation, but you remember the way the light poured...
View Articlethe intimacy of surrender
As you get accustomed to relaxing more and more into the space of not knowing, you’ll notice a growing sense of becoming intimate with yourself, even though you don’t know what you’re intimate with....
View Articlegifts from the mystic
Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and...
View Articleslipping down deep & then deeper
The universe is always speaking to us- sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities, reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else, something more. …….Nancy...
View Articlea deeper integration
Integrate into wholeness. Accept all parts of your life. All parts. This is one of the deepest healing elixirs you can ever offer yourself. Allow it all to integrate — your mind with body, your body...
View Articlefinding the space to dive down deep
Our real journey in life is interior; it is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love and grace in our hearts…..Thomas Merton there’s never been a...
View Articleonly love remains
Wait for evening. Then you’ll be alone. Wait for the playground to empty. Then call out those companions from childhood: The one who closed his eyes and pretended to be invisible. The one to whom you...
View Articlegrief & stone hearts
The worst type of crying wasn’t the kind everyone could see- the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there...
View Articlethe peace of not-knowing
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow’……Mary Anne Radmacher at the end of the day, it doesn’t seem to matter what...
View Articlesearching for a suitable fantasy
You’ll probably miss it at first. But don’t feel bad. Most people do. Because it’s hidden in plain sight! Not like the rabbit hole in the forest, or the wardrobe up in your uncle’s attic — those...
View Articleunder the small & humble nuance
To crave and to have are as like as a thing and its shadow. For when does a berry break upon the tongue as sweetly as when one longs to taste it, and when is the taste refracted into so many hues...
View Articlethe exquisite soul
You are here to love. The ending is just the beginning. Once we have met with the limitless love of the soul, we begin again, begin anew……Meggan Watterson this powerful reminder becomes a mantra and a...
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