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Monday Thought
“Life may be brimming over with experiences, but somewhere, deep inside, all of us carry vast and fruitful loneliness wherever we go. And sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.”
— Etty Hillesum
This is true of outer and inner world travel
A Reflection on Noise
Let’s inject some silence in our day
Prevent childhood emotional trauma
Wisdom thought
How life seems at times…
Living it versus professing it
Don’t believe
On joy
Overcoming darkness
“If we hope to overcome the ocean of darkness in the world, we must first light a candle in our own hearts. . . . Committing oneself to the path of love can be the most revolutionary way to change the world.” — Robert Lawrence Smith
Doing with the whole in mind
Miracles and Miracle Workers
“A miracle is a shift in thinking, a shift from fear to love. . . . A miracle-worker accepts the idea that every thought has an effect, not only on the one who thinks it but on everyone else.” — Marianne Williamson
Peace is possible
Our real journey
“Our real journey in life is interior; it is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love and grace in our hearts.” — Thomas Merton
On Ego
This hit home with me today
“With spiritual awakening, ego recedes to the background and becomes a service vehicle to the divine Self, instead of a tyrannical driver. When our viewpoint shifts from ego dominance to soul awareness, we are ready to cooperate with the Infinite.” — Ellen Grace O’Brian, Daily Inspirations.
On being a mystic
On goodness
Thursday Meditation Wisdom
Educated mind
On breathing
If I were much wiser, and much more patient, and had much greater concentration, I could sit in silence in my chair, look out my windows at a green tree and the blue sky, and know that breathing is a gift; that a breath is sufficient for the moment; and that breathing air is breathing God. ~ André Dubos
Meeting the warrior within
“Willing to experience aloneness, I discover connection everywhere. Turning to face my fear, I meet the warrior who lives within.”
— Jennifer Welwood
Tuesday wisdom
The spiritual life does not remove us from the world, but leads us deeper into it.
~Henri J.M. Nouwen
Power and Love
Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. And one of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites, polar opposites, so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and power with a denial of love.
. . . What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.
— Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Speech to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1967
On the Eve of My 68th Birthday
We reach a point in life, where
by the grace of God, we are spared
from ourselves and all self-judgment.
And by the miracle of life itself,
we discover that all we experience is
but a tiny example of our potential.
And in the midst of our wandering,
the desert and mountains come together, and
at sunset, the god of self-understanding appears.
Recognizing Our Soul’s Possibilities through Love
On gratitude
Gratitude is not dependent on what you have, it depends on your heart. You can even find gratitude for your measure of sorrows, the hand you’ve been dealt. . . . Sometimes it’s through the hardest things that your heart learns its most important lessons.
— Jack Kornfield
Mindful-hearted living
January Summer Longing
Love deeply in the new year
Starting the new year with gratitude
Transcendental connection
Meditation as Sacred Intention
Making room for the Holy
A Christmas Prayer to Our Ancestors
Be alive with meaning
Early awakening
What a blessing it is to awaken late at night and see the moon smiling down on the sleeping earth and the stars putting on a special dancing light show honoring the Christmas Season. ~Don Iannone
Walk the sacred circle
Love Unconditionally
November
Black Friday Special
Book Testimonial: Cancer as Spiritual Teacher
“Your words touched my heart. Hopefully, they also touched my cancer. I am trusting they did. You’re right we will try anything, even poetry, when we have cancer. This made me smile. While I agree that the spiritual pilgrimage approach to cancer healing is best, it’s all out warfare when we are desperate to survive and grow stronger. Thank you for sharing your book and your cancer journey. You inspire me!” ~Melody, Birmingham, AL.
Poetic Alchemist 