I hear from clients, students and even friends that they know they are like this sometimes or tend to that a lot or need to work on such and so *deep sigh*. Then comes the fork in the conversation that can go in one of three ways: “but” – I’m not dealing with that right…
There is a huge bias in the spiritual community towards soul groups, soul mates, and having known people for many previous lifetimes. We all want to be appreciated, to feel connected, to be unconditionally loved, to be approved of and to have relationships which are alive and active and easy. No one likes to work…
from The Thirteen Petalled Rose by Adin Steinsaltz There is another and deeper problem: that of self-delusion. Just as people sometimes delude themselves that they are “in love,” so can they believe that they are praying, that they are having a religious experience, even though it is only a false spirituality. A person may think…
I get asked a lot about old souls and new/young souls. People are told they are old, that they are new, that someone they know is old or new and then they want to know what that means. The hard part for me is that it means a whole lot and a whole lot of…
By Mary Oliver In winter all the singing is in the tops of the trees where the wind-bird with its white eyes shoves and pushes among the branches. Like any of us he wants to go to sleep, but he’s restless— he has an idea, and slowly it unfolds…
I often hear or read where people are wanting us to love each other more and that will counter act or even negate the anger that is occurring in the world. If we just loved more, then anger wouldn’t exist. I don’t understand where that notion comes from because if you’ve ever been a parent…
2015 is the year of the Goat and the theme is creating an eloquent relationship with our emotions and becoming competent in hearing their wisdom and acting upon it. With the current tragic events unfolding in France, one of the emotional misconceptions we are taught is being highlighted in bold. Anger is wrong and it…
Most people think of goals as a one sentence statement which labels a bullseye to hit within a specified time. If the time frame is non-existent then there’s not real impetus to reach the goal, but no real negative for not doing so other than it didn’t get done. If the time frame is too…
We’ve all seen these things, been in these conversations, experienced groups acting this way. It’s funny because it’s true. Now I need to go do copious amounts of yoga so I can strengthen my Kundalini…
By Mary Oliver Last night in the fields I lay down in the darkness to think about death, but instead I fell asleep, as if in a vast and sloping room filled with those white flowers that open all summer, sticky and untidy, in the warm fields. When I woke the morning light was…