A provocative "co-incidence!"
A provocative “co-incidence!” Andrea Kastner gave me a book to read during recovery. I started early on but it was dense and so was I! Now I am reading, Out of Babylon (2010), by one of my very favourite authors,…
This truth I firmly hold…
This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding: my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world. Anthony de Mello, Wellsprings, p. 221
Life is Meditation
Untimately, you will find that if life is the real meditation practice, then everything and everybody in your life becomes your teacher, and every moment and occurrence is an opportunity for practice and for seeing beneath the surface appearance of…
How did the rose…
How Did the rose Ever open its heart And give to this world All its Beauty? It felt the encouragement of light Against its Being, Otherwise, We all remain Too Frightened.
Sabbath is more than the absence of work…
“Sabbath is more than the absence of work. It is not just a day off, when we catch up on television or errands. It is the presence of something that arises when we consecrate a period of time to listen…
Here is a beautiful image of intimations of eternity…
Here is a beautiful image of our place in the universe. Alan Watts says, “You are not, as parents and teachers are wont to imply, a mere stranger on probation in the scheme of things: you are rather a sort…
An old Rabbi once asked his pupils…
An old Rabbi once asked his pupils how they could tell when the night had ended and the day had begun. “Could it be,” asked one of the students, “when you can see an animal in the distance and tell…
Reflection and Poem On Listening
by Gail Purdy Reading and Reflection on Listening October 24, 2009 My heart is touched by…