Down To Earth Change
It’s been one week since I left the Light Tower. I now find myself very close to Earth. I’m renting a cabin in the Pocono woods with abundant deer and wild turkeys. There is a stream and I walk on gravel and damp leaves. I center my thoughts on Native American animal medicine. I know […]
Mindfulness, Nature and Time
“There are times in life when we experience a time space warp such that you shift into another dimension that reveals the totality of our existence and immortality.” Ríos, 2017, TS+EF=SC It’s morning and I see the full moon setting over my balcony. I’m watching this happen on the same balcony that I watched the […]
Our Light World
For John Think of yourself as a lightbulb, a vessel, a generator of light. You’re round, fragile and require electricity. The amount of light you have depends on wattage, voltage and frequency. In human speak, we’re talking about presence and your capacity to illuminate reality. The human light bulb is a clever device indeed! We […]
Posture or Posturing?
This morning I walked to a quiet and lovely section of Madrid. There I contemplated big topics like purpose and identity while trying to address the practical concern of where I’d like to live. When you’re navigating a huge life change such as the loss of a spouse, critical illness, retirement or children leaving—your whole […]
La Petite Mort
When I was giving birth to my son, I remember feeling that in my pain I understood famine, war and death. It was as if my mind-spirit left me and traveled to all of history. I experienced human suffering. I shared this feeling afterwards but in the telling it was impossible to communicate what I […]
Creating Oasis
In the center of loud, bustling Madrid, I meditate on the meaning of oasis. I wonder how to find a peaceful spring in the middle of all this noise. I wonder if I’m capable enough to focus, to direct my antennae to receive whatever signal arises in the midst of so much change and static […]
Home
Home is where the heart is, an old but fitting adage. And yet, dare one ask: where is thou heart? Is thou heart inside you, like a womb or does it reside gently in the soul of another? Where is thou heart, really, when so many of us are somnambulant or worst yet, living in […]
Nature’s Intention is Always New Life
Spring is here! From my window, I see tree tops blooming. Delicate white blooms that are simple and white, bursting buds from within. There’s green and other soft colors adorning the once gray street. The air is warmer now and moist on my skin. There’s a ripeness and a rightness and I gulp it all […]
Soles of our feet, soul of society
Our legs down to our feet mark where we stand and where we’re going. The sole is the bottom most layer of everything. It is the place where calluses grow. There is nothing wrong with a callus, only that it is there and it may mean it’s time to move differently. Smooth the sole. Appreciate […]
When The Soul Moves
We tend to distrust these feelings and avoid them at all costs because we are scared of being uprooted. We need to lose this fear. Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully Whenever I think of you my soul moves. Not just one, but very few of you and I’m open to more coming. Perhaps you know what […]