I had the good fortune to have a wildcrafted potluck meal with some beautiful souls just before the new year. I am privileged to call these people friends, for just look at the good they are bringing to the world! Will, of Will’s Wild Herbs, hosted and offered a delicious sassafras sweet hot tea. He is … More 2013 – the year of the shift
Much has been said and discussed about the Mayan prophecy for 12-21-12, and mostly I notice jokes about “another apocalypse” or some sort of doomsday prediction. The Mayans, however, were sending a message through the ages, really, in that with their sophisticated understanding of time and nature (which they had correctly recorded for thousands of years … More 12-21-2012 – a new beginning
A dear friend lost her life this week, and I have been moved to write. She was the kind of person who lit up the room when she walked in. The kind of person who knew how to make everyone live, how to make everyone excel, how to make everyone believe that the best could … More On life
In his book, Return to the Sacred, Jonathan Ellerby writes of twelve paths that have been time-tested as ways to become closer to the Divine. This month, March, our group, Approaching the Sacred, will focus on the eighth of his list: “the path of service.” Though we often think of the word service as something … More The Path of Service
In the opening to her audiobook, Caroline Myss’s Essential Guide to Healers, Myss gives a piece of essential, basic advice for healers: Change your wiring and your allegiance to realize the world behind your eyes – that which you know you experience as an individual – holds more authority for you than that which the … More Advice for healers
In Jonathan Ellerby’s book Return to the Sacred, he writes about twelve paths to the divine. The seventh path in his list, which is the first of the “heart-centered” practices, is what he calls “the path of devotion.” This path is one in which people do things to help them feel closer to the Divine … More Devotion as a means to clarity
I do feel lucky to have been born into a stable, loving family. I was able to receive a strong education. I have never gone hungry. I have always had warm clothes. My leisure time is spent in leisure, not survival. Additionally, as I have gone through life, I have developed strong spiritual beliefs. I … More Helping strangers
The time after the holidays is one of the toughest for writers and creative types. When we have just spent love and light-filled days or even weeks with family and friends, all of a sudden it ends, the lights come down, and we are propelled back into our self-imposed patterns. The problem is, the pattern … More Inspiration in the depths of winter
In his groundbreaking book The Isaiah Effect, Gregg Braden discusses what gives prayer true power. Prayer has two components, he says, emotion and thought. When you combine these two, the result is some sort of feeling. Thought + Emotion = Feeling The emotions fall into two basic categories, he says: love, and its opposite, fear. … More Praying Rain
Wayne Dyer, in his most recent book, Excuses Begone, writes of Lao Tzu’s four cardinal virtues – the virtues one must adhere to during life. Dyer reminds us that Lao Tzu, considered the founder of Taoism, said that being in alignment with these virtues is our original nature. If we consciously act according to these … More “If everyone’s heart was full of love, how could misfortune arise?”
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