and by heart ❤️ I’m not pointing to our feelings or passions but rather wisdom, insight, and the seat of our spiritual perception… seeing through our heart is to see in the darkness, to be drawn forward by an invisible thread, and to use our “total mind” what Judaism, Sufism, and the Eastern Orthodox lineage […]
The Paradox of Dying and Seeding
This is the Season to Trust the Seeds that are being Planted. Fall is such a beautiful paradox. It’s both an awareness to death and decay and an ode to life. It’s a season of both beauty and of decline. The days grow shorter as we near the darkness of winter, but the winds of […]
What if?
What if instead of trying to force ourselves to do something, we became curious instead? When we’re curious, we step out of the old, fear-based, reactive habit patterns that are part of our wiring as humans, and we step into being. Marrying that level of observation with compassion is my awareness-based practice of […]
Fear Not the Strangeness You Feel
“You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born. Fear not the strangeness you feel. The future must enter you long before it happens. Just wait for the birth, for the hour of the new clarity.” Maria Rilke Rainer Even though I can’t go back in time, and it’s […]
How to Find Yourself: Proprioceptive Writing
a meditation master once said, if you wear the same clothes every day, eventually you’ll begin to recognize yourself. If you practice Proprioceptive Writing every day, eventually you’ll begin to hear yourself. Trust yourself, you’re on the right path. And remember the magic rules for self-trust: Write what you hear listen to what you write, […]