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Testing positive
Posted on March 18, 2020 2 Comments
With the serious response to this pandemic, it’s easy to go down the fearful route. As a species, we seem to have forgotten that we ever existed without toilet paper. Or that we could somehow survive now without it. As wonderfully reminded by Pam Grout, A Course In Miracles workbook Lesson 34 helps me with […]
Mindfulness in the waiting room
Posted on October 9, 2019 2 Comments
Mindfulness is about being fully aware in the present moment. Sometimes we set aside time for this — attend a session, create quiet time, go for a walk. Other times it happens regardless of our lives happening around us — noticing our breathing while loading the clothes washer, looking into our dog’s eyes as we […]
A simple daily practice for greater capacity of ease and joy
Posted on May 29, 2019 Leave a Comment
Maybe you’ve heard of metta, maybe it’s new to you. It’s a simple concentration practice in which we send lovingkindness to ourselves, and then in a series of expansions we send it outward to others. Said another way, it’s prayer. Try it along with me, here: I find that taking a deep breath in and […]
The Divine Mystery of Motherhood
Posted on May 8, 2019 Leave a Comment
“Herein lies one of the greatest mysteries — the mystery of the holy Madonna and Child. The mystery of a woman’s charge to swaddle her young in a blanket of unconditional love and hold the immaculate concept of their divine perfection, no matter what outpictures to the contrary.” –Nicole Christine, Temple of the Living Earth Swaddled […]
Spiritual beings having a human experience
Posted on April 17, 2019 4 Comments
Our lives are a journey. A spiritual journey. We experience, in order to expand. In our experiences, we have choice. Some experiences we’ve outgrown. We’ve learned what we needed to from them, and we no longer carry them daily. Like your best friend in fifth grade whom you chose to drift apart from, but in […]
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