The Tao
Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious,perfect,free, takes on a physical body, lets circumstances complete it. That is why every being spontaneously honors the Tao. The Tao gives birth to all beings nourishes them, maintains them, cares for them, comforts them,protects them takes them back to itself, creating without possessing, acting...
Read MoreLoneliness and Solitude
Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness. Solitude is becoming one with the space around you. It is a condition of union. Loneliness is small, solitude is large. Loneliness closes in around you; solitude expands toward the infinite. Loneliness has its roots in words, in an internal conversation that nobody...
Read MoreSnippets of Chaos
“Irregularity and unpredictability are important features of health. On the other hand, decreased variability and accentuated periodicities are associated with disease. Healthy systems don’t want homeostasis. They want chaos.” —John R. Van Eenwyk, “The Chaotic Dynamic* of Everyday Life,” Quest magazine “One must have chaos within oneself if one is to be a...
Read More12 Steps for the Recovering New Ager…
“Humanity grant me the serenity to accept life without astrology The Courage to change my name back to what it was And the wisdom to know that aliens can’t save me” ——Blake More Everyone is on a journey, a path, a course, an El Camino. These divine road trips lead through an infinite number of experiences and interpretations. Often it seems that every...
Read More17 things
In a world full of lists – here is one that definitely is worth the read, take your time with it – read one a day! : 1. Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind. Cultivate that capacity for “negative capability.” We live in a culture where one of the greatest social disgraces is not having an opinion, so we often form our “opinions” based on superficial...
Read MoreSimply to be seen
Here’s the deal. The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed — to be seen, heard and companion-ed exactly as it is. When we make that kind of deep bow to the soul of a suffering person, our respect reinforces the soul’s healing resources, the only resources that can help the sufferer make it through. — Parker Palmer (Thanks to Linda...
Read MoreRemember who dug the well
A Chinese proverb says that; “Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well.” Everything we do, every accomplishment we have, every milestone we pass has come in part because of the efforts of others. There are no self-made men or women. If we can remember that, we can be grateful. And if we are grateful, we are more likely to develop good character than if we...
Read MoreThe miracle is…
It is the aim of science to coordinate all observable phenomena within a single natural order and it is its faith that such is possible. Hence the basic objection to acceptance of the supernatural. If the scientific stand is justified, then everything, whether of matter, energy, mind or spirit, belongs to one vast scheme — it is all one and every part has meaning in relation to the whole. This...
Read MoreThe Continuum of Connection: Why Connection is the Most Essential Human Trait
In 1939, at his ashram in central India, Mahatma Gandhi was growing increasingly concerned about events in Europe. When news reached him that Hitler had invaded Czechoslovakia, he wrote to the German dictator, imploring him to stop. Gandhi wrote, “It is quite clear that you are today the one person in the world who can prevent a war which may reduce humanity to a savage state. Must you pay that...
Read MoreChanging ones life
Changing one’s life is easy, and there are lots of ways to go about it, though all exact some sort of price: Pinpointing invisible, limiting, self-sabotaging beliefs — Extremely demanding on brain cells and much easier to do if you have a friend who channels the dead, but either way, it’ll keep you busy for the rest of your life. Discovering what occurrences in the past have...
Read MoreDaily Reminder
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