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Walking Through the Fire….Emptyhanded?

burning house..."to reveal man's naked self as none before had dared" This question has been a bit haunting…..have you heard of the burning house blog? It asks…… ….only one cogent question….if your...

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water….choices

follow Embarking on a new journey….falling into water….following a familiar beatific angel/angle….No way….It’s only a path I like to think is new… This journey is small. Beware. The minutiae of the...

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personal renaissance

outcomes Ellen Langer talks about giving up evaluation in favor of a personal renaissance…………………. Personal growth is marked by being responsive rather than reactive to the world around us. When we are...

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water is haunting me…

shallow, deep or in between... “Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I…..I hardly know, Sir, just at present…..at...

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pain is real…in shadows & physics…

shadow work Whatever your difficulties—a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness—you can always remember that you are free in...

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a life of mini deaths & rebirths….

finding sky I find you, Lord, in all Things & in all my fellow creatures, pulsing with your life; as a tiny seed you sleep in what is small & in the vast you vastly yield yourself. The wondrous...

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this life…a fool’s game for cheap players….

luminous depths To take full responsibility for ourselves is to discern the impact of our experience on all of life. The discovery of the truth about ourselves is not gained easily or cheaply. There is...

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aligning with the truth in our bones

passing by…. The practice of being authentic requires us to release outdated or unnecessary patterns and beliefs. It takes daily discipline to stay connected to the ‘four bones.’ Back Bone: the quality...

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sweet rebellion

Be a novice. Be a blank page. Be embryonic in your sense of yourself. You are just learning the steps. You are just starting out. It is okay to be stupid or blind or to not have the answers. It is...

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bittersweet choices

Right now, and in every now-moment, you are either closing or opening. You are either stressfully waiting for something—more money, security, affection—or you are living from your deep heart, opening...

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remember the first call toward a dream?

There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.   ~Joseph Campbell we can always find spaces where the call is stronger toward...

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deep into the pit of choice

Once you know that there is something other than what you have bitten into most of the time, your choices take on a new kind of karmic significance. Because now you start to have the choice to take...

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the fast track

We are all part of a universal unfolding, with many influences co-creating our lives. The deeper we go into a creative relationship with our experience, we begin to realize that we have tremendous...

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never-ending story

Be helpless, dumbfounded, Unable to say yes or no. Then a stretcher will come from grace To gather us up. We are too dull-eyed to see that beauty If we say we can, we’re lying. If we say No, we don’t...

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no shortcuts

The inner witness is able to notice whatever feeling is arising and can also be curious about it. What is this about for me? Why am I experiencing this now? What does the inner landscape of this...

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the bias of joy

Reflecting on what gives one pleasure and where one looks for happiness can mirror how one sees oneself in the process of growing toward wholeness. Each stage is characterized by attraction to certain...

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