Aaron « Yellow Brick Road: Your Path to Heart & Health

Liberation

By Debra Basham, on July 9, 2019

Deep Spring Center Thought for Today

“I would ask you not to settle for anything less than liberation, and yet not to hurry toward it, but to know that if you practice with sincerity, love, and courage, it will come. May the way be very beautiful for you. May you find freedom and peace.” […]

Red and Blue

By Debra Basham, on June 8, 2019

I love color, and I am also fascinated by shapes. In my next life I might like to study sacred geometry. This image came up when I searched “What color does blue and red make?”

My question about what color you get by mixing red and blue resulted from a recent post-puzzling conversation […]

Lessons from the Mold

By Debra Basham, on May 28, 2019

I am just back from a retreat/intensive with the Deep Spring Dharma Path group. This group is a two-year commitment to daily practice, weekly meetings, and twice-yearly intensives. I said this morning I have not yet found my feet, but I know where I left them, and I assume they are still there waiting for […]

Ambiguous Loss

By Debra Basham, on April 28, 2019

Last week was a week with loss. Good Friday, the husband of a client/friend/colleague passed. Holy Saturday, the father of a business acquaintance passed. Easter Sunday, a loyal member of Saint Joseph Buddhist Sangha passed. A Buddhist teacher invited me to use the 49 day ceremony.

49 Day Ceremony

When someone passes away, in […]

Learn the Tables

By Debra Basham, on April 22, 2019

Recently I wrote a poem titled ‘Longing’ that was inspired by an exchange with a dear friend that left me feeling less than valued, wondering if I should have, or could have, done something differently in our past to allow for a more pleasant current exchange.

Sitting heart-to-heart with another precious friend a week […]

Holy Notre-Dame

By Debra Basham, on April 17, 2019

WORD FOR THE DAY

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable…but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Agatha Christie Visit Gratefulness.org/

This week’s news out of Paris was shocking, and of all times to have it be Holy Week for humanity to experience […]

Inter-Are

By Debra Basham, on March 29, 2019

I have been wondering about the distinction between self care and nurture (kindness and wisdom) and “distraction.” Might we be doing wholesome actions such as exercise or journal writing, or playing music, without being skillful?

Additionally, I wrote to Barbara Brodsky, Founding Teacher of Deep Spring Meditation Center, asking about all of this. “We are […]

Happy New You!

By Debra Basham, on January 1, 2019

Most people will be wishing you a happy new year today, but I am wishing all beings a happy new YOU.

Attributing the saying that “Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be” did not happen until 50 years after Abraham Lincoln’s death. Dr. Frank Crane included the […]

Do You Know Who Your Master Is?

By Debra Basham, on December 9, 2018

Our daughter was sharing a precious “aha moment” she had recently. She works in an industry which has it’s peak adjacent to retail sales— during the months of November and December. As many who are responsible for hiring entry level workers, she has struggled to get reliable help. That has been a HUGE frustration to […]

5 Reflections

By Debra Basham, on November 13, 2018

“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” ~ C.S. Lewis.

Those words were shared by me at the end of a tearful conversation with a dear friend. My friend was remorseful for having offended a family member. The […]

Yellow Brick Road: Your Path to Heart & Health