By Debra Basham, on May 4, 2022 In The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving-kindness, Pema Chödrön qutoes Joseph Campbell, writing, “It has been said, quite accurately that the psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.” One might wonder what it is that the mystic sees/hears/knows/experiences which leads to the more pleasant conclusion.
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By Debra Basham, on April 9, 2022 If what I say resonates with you, it’s because we are both branches of the same tree.
~ W. B. Yeats
I’m not a “follower” of astrology, but MANY years ago something occurred that led me to respect the wisdom there.
Decades ago now, driving home on a snowy day, the roads were glare […]
By Debra Basham, on March 9, 2022 Last evening’s Group 2 was only five of us out of thirteen. I am not sure what qualifies as a quorum, but I am sure all thirteen of us were actively involved in the practice of LIFE.
Our meeting times were set at the first of the year but the evening before our meeting […]
By Debra Basham, on January 18, 2022 Entry from my journal: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 @ 3:37 am:
Dear Holy Spirit,
I am awake and in the TV room listening to Karen Drucker’s “I Surrender.”
I will surrender to my greatest highest good.
I will release every fear that’s in my way…
and I am grateful every moment of […]
By Debra Basham, on January 13, 2022 Thought for Today
If you live in the moment with fear, ‘What if this doesn’t work? What if that happens?’, your fear contracts your energy field.
When thusly contracted, the light can’t pour out of you.
Equally important, you are armored and the radiance of the outside world cannot pour in. ~ Aaron
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By Debra Basham, on November 15, 2021 I just attended a 3-day Vipassana retreat with Barbara Brodsky, Aaron, and John Orr, “The One Heart We All Share.” This was the online description:
What is this one heart we all share? It is our true nature, the essence of our being, which is love and light. Meditation is one effective way of coming […]
By Debra Basham, on August 30, 2021
Jesus came to teach many things, but forgiveness is chief among them.
And yet with compassion there is nothing left to forgive.
Forgiveness is only needed when there is something held against another, some kind of blame.
When you see deeply into another, that judgment falls away and there is nothing left […]
By Debra Basham, on August 19, 2021
From my journal:
Dear Holy Spirit:
I wrote to Barbara Brodsky confessing that I was not feeling drawn to the Deep Spring Center for Meditation fall program and expressing some confusion and concern. Aaron incorporated to clarify, and I listened to the audio last evening. This morning, I read the transcript Barbara sent to […]
By Debra Basham, on July 30, 2021 “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.” Golda Meir said that and it is something you live moment-by-moment.
I am navigating this by noticing all of the places where I feel responsible for something that I do not have control over. Perhaps this […]
By Debra Basham, on June 20, 2021
I cannot swear that Tami Simon, the founder of Sounds True, which produces Insights at the Edge had pondering fathers on her mind when she shared “Fierce Intimacy” with Terry Real. Now, I have to confess, I devoured two of Terry’s books — I Don’t Want to Talk about It : Overcoming the Secret […]
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