I remember the conversations I had with fellow students when I was studying to become a Sign Language interpreter. I was immersing myself in deaf culture by going to public events, but I also had deaf roommates and was invited to quite a few parties and social gathers that others weren’t and I ended up…
No one has everything they want. Not only is that true, but its the fodder of movies, books, tv shows, politics, business, religion and so much more. It doesn’t matter how many things you have, how much money you have, or how much success. It doesn’t matter if you have been given everything you ever…
Being Native American I know my perspective on sacred space is a bit different from the norm, but I’m still surprised by how many people think that Sacred Space is about buildings and man-made structures. I went looking for examples of sacred outdoor space and found a whole book purporting to be about that, but…
Sacred places in geography like Mt. Shasta, Ayers Rock (Uluru), Easter Island, Stone Henge, just to name a few, out live not only people but cultures and so their ‘meanings’ and usage change over time. This is the natural state of beings and things that exist in linear time. Change is the only true constant. …
I’ve had this conversation with friends, clients, and acquaintances far more times than I like to remember. I bet you have too. You’re talking, having tea or coffee or lunch and they start telling a story. Now, it’s not fiction. It’s their life as they are living it right now and it’s obviously bugging them…
You can know what a person needs, but not be able to get them to accept it. You can know what would resolve a person’s problem and not be able to fix it for them. You can be ready and able to help, continue to provide help and support and love, and yet the person…
Religious sacred spaces seek to create structures which reflect or bring into physical existence their specific understanding of the cosmos. Since ancient times religions have utilized monumental forms to create sacred space. Mountainous structures and immense sculptures made from stones of the earth express the experience of yearning for the divine. Long lasting materials show…
“…landscapes of the holy (are) centers of inspiration where human consciousness is temporarily set free. The experience of a sacred place and thus sacredness itself is re-entry into a state of wholeness – an introduction to your true origins.” –T.C. McLuhan “Sacred place…is a construction of the imagination that affirms the independence of the holy.”…
While it seems normal to compare the early life of a soul to the early childhood of human beings and parallels can be drawn between a souls’ life and the human maturation process, the same cannot be said for the time when souls take on vocations or careers. This process neither works like nor begins…
I had a student ask me a question about religion and belief concerning the Akashics. They had been called to minister in a religion and had done so for decades and then, through experiences and events and thought, had found that they no longer believed what they had been teaching and speaking and so felt…