2021 – A True Spiritual Path

By Debra Basham, on December 31, 2020

Deep Spring Center Thought for Today December 31, 2020

So often beings have a limited view of spiritual life that creates a duality in themselves, so that they only see themselves as ‘being spiritual’ when they’re being kind and loving.

When painful emotions arise, then they think, ‘I am no longer being spiritual. I […]

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LOVE Came Down at Christmas

By Debra Basham, on December 25, 2020

I am grateful John and I had a practice run at not being physically with Stacey and her family for Christmas in 2019.

Last year we attended a Christmas Day potluck at Pine Island Cove with Michigan friends, Linda and Fred, who also winter here in Florida.

This year, John and I share our […]

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Warp and Weft

By Debra Basham, on December 18, 2020

This post begins with a reprint of a Sacred Story published December 23, 2017: “Husband’s Clothes:”

As she stood in line at the grocery store the man in front of her looked so much like her late husband it almost took her breath away. The same height, the same built, even a similar style of […]

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Two Wings of Mindfulness

By Debra Basham, on December 15, 2020

Deep Spring Center Thought for Today

If one never were to experience this dark night of the soul, one’s compassion really would be limited.

One may have a belief, ‘I can be compassionate with that which is light and beautiful and loving in myself and others’ but one has never tested it to see […]

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What Else?

By Debra Basham, on December 10, 2020

One of the amazing gifts of wintering on Pine Island is the variety of plant life that flourishes in the sunshine and warmth of Southwestern Florida.

People (and plants) can be so very creative. People and plants can also be quite destructive.

This succulent was planted in the center of a landscape boulder and […]

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What Remains is Enough

By Debra Basham, on December 3, 2020

There’s going to be pain that feels overwhelming. There are going to be situations that come up where we just suddenly freeze up and say, “I don’t know how to do this.”

~ Barbara Brodsky

This is certainly a time of accepting what is and knowing that what is, is enough. The current version […]

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