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Mothering
For this special occasion, Mothering Day, I have created a video which I hope you will watch. The music pauses midstream, on purpose, I guess, but keep watching till the end. The message is important. My best to all of you who mother the world!
Taking in the Good
A quote from Rick Hanson, Ph.D: “.. Recognize the value to yourself and others of taking in positive experiences. It is a good, a moral, a virtuous thing to soak in good experiences. Even from a spiritual perspective, positive emotional states support practice through freeing up attention, building confidence and faith in the path, and […]
Theology and A Way of Life
Amazing. I heard those same words many years ago, although in another context, to be sure. The same words. Though used differently. Back then, it was a Native American elder speaking in a gentle and compassionate way to a group of interested non-natives. “Ours is not a theology,” he said, “it is a way of […]
Wintering, the Wellspring
I know you called and said you were waiting for me to post something personal, not just someone else’s quotation, but something I’m thinking about, because it’s important to share… I want to. Every day I think about it. I’m here waiting for it to shape itself into words. Waiting for inspiration, for revelation, for […]
Wholeness and Courage
A quote from Marsha Sinetar: “…Wholeness exists to the extent an individual is conscious of and receptive to his innermost self…When we think about our own growth we probably think simultaneously of two co-existing and equally necessary elements: self-knowledge (i.e. knowing who the self within us really is and awakening to the values, needs and […]
The season to be…
In all my years, I’ve never seen anything like it. I guess that after so many trees died or almost died in last summer’s hot drought or in the raging summer fires, those trees still here are now greatly rejoicing at actually being alive. Or perhaps they fear that this is their last hurrah. Either […]
A comment on fear, attributed to Native American Dragging Canoe
“Wisdom tells us to get out of harm’s way at times, but it never tells us to weep with fear. Once we turn to face it, a quiet determined strength pours in to end the terror. Fear is terrorism. It is not running from it that cripples us but refusing to call it what it […]
Sing, when birds are silent…
A poem by Margaret Crawford Sing when the birds are silent Dance when the wind is still Laugh when the rain is long coming Bend to the Spirit’s will Open when the day is closing Thunder when the sun shines full Ground when a wild wind spirals Surrender to the moon tides pull Earth and […]
Timeless Quotes
Timeless Quotes From the Buddha from Gerald Penilla on Vimeo.
