Contains articles on the how-to, the myths and misconceptions, and the ordinary nature of spiritual awakening.
The constant movement of pre-holiday activities left me feeling spent and wrung out. The day after Christmas, I sat down on my couch and practically lived there for the next week. Practicing stillness, I put most duties on hold while I read, napped, wrote in my journal and stared off into space. Given my…
Gratitude is more than folded hands and bowed head at a table laden with abundance. It is a heartfelt overwhelm that grabs us and hugs us tight until we want to cry from the joy of it. Gratitude is more than dropping a dollar or two into the Salvation Army bucket. It’s our heart saying…
Episodes of gratitude erupt spontaneously from somewhere beneath my doing and thinking. They ooze through whatever crack they find – manifesting as a ray of softness, a swelling of thanks, a depth of Silence expanding and encompassing all of what my eyes see, my ears hear, my hands touch. Warmth in my heart fills…
Many years ago, I held my 3-week old son, Ethan, on my lap, with my hands under his head. As I gazed into his eyes, the depth of silence and radiance I saw there took my breath away. As Ethan gazed back at me, I experienced being seen by Truth itself — by…
We all have aspects of ourselves hidden in the shadow of our personalities. Psychologist Carl Jung called these aspects archetypes — universal symbols that may pop out and project themselves onto our relationships or life circumstances, surprising us at times when we don’t expect them. Jung taught people to welcome the shadow. Even though…
Have any of these situations of hearing guidance and intuition happened to you or to someone you know? You have a sense that you shouldn’t get onto an elevator with the person in there, so you wait for the next elevator. You have an impulse to call a friend. When you do, you find…
What do I mean by the myth of enlightenment and spiritual awakening? Could it be enlightenment is a mistaken belief? Surely I don’t mean that! Well, yes I do. Let me explain… The myth of enlightenment as finding At 16 years old, completely unbidden, joy took me by surprise. I had never felt so…