An Invocation For Beginnings
It’s that time again. My FILDI is reaching out to yours and saying “Let’s start this shit up!” Thank you, Ze Frank.…DetailsCreate Your Own Life
Take a moment and think about the life you could have if you had the ability to create it. Would there be travel? Would it have a different house? Music? Would there be dancing? Sports? How about friends? Solitude? Community? Conversation? …DetailsI’d Like to Make An Introduction
Hi Everyone. I’d like to introduce someone to you. Well, several someones. You may know a few of these guys, but most of them you’ve never met before and it’s time we got this party started. So here goes: Everyone, I’d like you to meet your feelings. …Details
Being Connected
We humans are social creatures. We’re meant to belong in a variety of ways. We have connections to our family of origin and make new ones by marriage and by having children. We create community through our friends and our families of choice. …DetailsWe Are Divine Source
In the 16th century Rabbi Isaac Luria started teaching about the beginnings of the universe. God withdrew itself making a space where there was nothing, therefore something could come into being. Drawing from itself it created urns which it filled with its essence. …DetailsInvent Your Own Life’s Meaning
“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.…Details
If Only
It’s common for people to get stuck in relationships, not because there is anything sticky in the relationship, not because there is any confusion or misunderstandings about it , but because we dwell on “if only.” “If only they would do this….” or “If only we could be like that…” or “If only they wouldn’t…” or even “If only it could be like what is was before…” If only statements are neither bad nor good. …DetailsThere’s A Time For Everything
Life isn’t black and white, either/or, and how we live shouldn’t be either. We should be practical and fanciful, clear-eyed and dreamy, living in the now but remembering our past and planning for our future. We should be flexible enough to take advantage of opportunities as they arise, incorporating the results into ourselves, then adjusting the plan as necessary while keeping ourselves on an ever adjusting course. …DetailsBe Like Water
Bruce Lee: Artist of Life (Bruce Lee Library)
Bruce Lee writes:
After spending many hours meditating and practicing, I gave up and went sailing alone in a junk. On the sea I thought of all my past training and got mad at myself and punched the water!…Details