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It was very late in the evening, but before calling it a day, I was diligent to wash some fresh lettuces that had been gifted to me by a friend. As I was taking the trimmings out to the garage fridge (I save those for another friend who has chickens), out of the […] I have always been fascinated by those optical illusion games such as this one with the young woman and the old lady. Have you noticed how obvious something is once you see it? A good example of the way we can miss the obvious, is the information about whether an exit will be […] I have been giving a lot of thought to meditation, and this week I had a wonderful meditative experience with some tiny toads while I was out for a walk. The tiny toads were about the size of my finger nail on my pinkie. A dozen or more of them were spaced along […] It is amazing how obvious something is as you are able to be more present. Saturday morning when I stopped to pick up my friend Claudia to drive to a three-day silent meditation retreat, I made one last potty stop, using her husband’s bathroom. We got into the car, settled in, and as […] A few days ago I received a message from Betty Lue Lieber, co-founder of the interfaith program I am ordained in. She was reporting that there are now 42 ordained Ministers of Reunion, and she provided us the invitation to “check in” if we would like to do that. Immediately, I thought “4 […] I almost cried this morning when I thought how long it has been since I posted a blog—ten days! It has been a very busy time, working with/for Johnny on the Spot Window Cleaning Service. It would be very easy to be in resistance, both to the pace and the tasks. It is […] “Timing is of the essence…” “Timing is everything…” “It is all about the timing…” So many phrases in our lives have to do with timing. I certainly experienced that yesterday. Since before lunch, I had been intending to get to the grocery store. One phone call after another kept delaying my departure. At […] I began, like so many of us, in a household where it was somehow my job to be the lightening rod for the family’s tensions of unexpressed emotions. ~ The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You […] It has not quite yet been a month since we arrived back home in Michigan. Today I am somewhere beneath the hustle and bustle of the world of spring and window cleaning business. The sun did come out to lure me away from my lists of tasks. A pair of ducks seemed grateful […] Legend has said that one day many centuries ago, Tara was meditating and chanting her mantra in her Lotus Buddha Field, when some monks happened by. They felt her powerful vibrations and profound meditational energy, and they said, “Oh, Yogini [female practitioner], you are such an excellent spiritual practitioner. In the future may […] |
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