Comfort and Grace for an Uncomfortable Topic
Please join us, as two of the world’s most respected teachers of the magical arts guide and inspire us to better understand Life’s ultimate Mystery.
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Empowering the Shift
Today’s inspirational offering is in support of the Occupiers, the regime-changers in Wisconsin, in Egypt, in Syria, Greece, and all heart-centered, ordinary people who find themselves standing up for peace, justice and freedom. The real global uprising will not be televised. It will be telepathic. What we see in our world is a mirror of … Read more
The Heart of Darkness
The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness could we but see – and to see we have only to look. — Fra Giovanni Giocondo, 1433-1515 C.E. We are now in the deepest darkness of the year, with … Read more
Final Exercises for Chapter Eight: Affirmations
adaptation found from original triptychShaman by Martha RuppertWhen it all seems impossible, focus on the point in front of you. Follow it like a hawk and forget everything else. — Carlos CastanedaThis week, we are finishing up Chapter Eight, Recovering a Sense of Strength. In fact, the only work left in this chapter is a … Read more
Blessings of the Harvest Moon!
The Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox. Like all Full Moons, it rises as the sun sets. But at the harvest time, this was especially helpful, allowing farmers to continue to work in the fields by the light of the Moon. The Full Moon is always in the sign opposite … Read more
Another view of surrender
I am loving our discussions of will, surrender, and spirituality. By “coincidence,” I happened across this additional point of view this morning (truly, this was entirely by accident). What are your thoughts?
Magic Touch
Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will sense them. The least we can do is try to be there. — Annie Dillard Have you noticed a continuing thread that runs through all of the exercises I’ve been suggesting since we got back from our reading deprivation week? Yes, they are sensory timeouts, … Read more
The Artist’s Way: Step Two Begins
My spirit finds companionship in many forms.— Julia Cameron, from Heart Steps: Prayers and Declarations for a Creative Life Today we begin the second step of the 12-step process of creative recovery. How are you doing so far? How many days did you do your morning pages? How is that going? What artist date(s) did … Read more
September’s Astrological Gifts
So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons,Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.— Aldous Huxley, novelist, visionary (1894-1963) We welcome September, the month in the northern hemisphere where the harvest time is well underway. Now we gather the gifts of what we have sown throughout the year, and there is … Read more
Stories..
One of my favorite visitors here, Rio, has shared a great story of one of her personal encounters with Nature’s “leaning back.” I hope you’ll be sure to read it in the comments to that day’s post, and again I invite you to share your own stories, perhaps in reply to this post. Blessings, – … Read more