Today is the shortest day of the year and tomorrow Winter begins and the return of the sun for those of us in the Northern hemisphere. Winter is a time for turning inwards. The hard work of harvest and storage is done. The land sleeps and we can rest from all of our hard work…
DetailsInstead of forming structure and culture from the perspective of humanity’s fallen nature doomed to an embodied life, perhaps the structure could be formed around humanity being spiritual beings that live in harmony with the All That Is. And that life would consist of far more than the embodied life experienced on earth. And what…
DetailsThis is the story of the First Man, the Cherokee story of our first male ancestor as it is told in my family. In the beginning all creatures lived in harmony, the animals, the stone people, the plant people, the tree people, and even man. Everyone talked with each other, helped each other, and there…
DetailsNot having children of my own, I find that Christmas for me can take on a more adult activities than some. Like the years that I spent Christmas with friends (also without children) and we started with breakfast and Mimosas and ended with dinner and Mimosas, eating our way through the day, sipping and being…
DetailsIn the end, all historical evidence to the contrary, we are just as sacred as the sacred spaces we have explored. This is the secret to consecration, not some mystical power, some Lemurian key, or left over alien DNA. We are sacred and within us resides sacred space. We do not need to seek it…
DetailsBeing embodied is a challenge each day to stay fully present even when things may be painful or even overly joyful. One amazing aspect of being embodied, of having forgotten who we are, is forgetting that everything is connected. We focus so much on ourselves and getting through our day that we don’t realize the…
DetailsMy heart and my prayers go out to the families of those who have been killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Being a soul mate is a role that souls may choose to play for each other in an embodied life. In some cases soul group members choose to work together as married couples in an embodied life for a variety of reasons. It may be that they have similar lessons to learn or goals to…
DetailsMy heart goes out to everyone affected by the Clackamas Town Center shootings yesterday afternoon. To the families of the deceased including the shooter and to the young lady who is recovering from her injuries and her family, my prayers are with you during this difficult time. To all the patrons of the mall, I’m so…
DetailsIn order to talk about spiritual matters, well to talk about anything really, our logical left brains categorize things, make structure and meaning out of things, which has led us, along with hundreds of other influences, to talk about the soul and the body as separate entities. Spiritual and religious teachings reinforce this by talking…
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