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Skies Upon Skies

By Debra Basham, on June 21, 2020

“Skies upon skies are available for your flight.” – Osho Zen Tarot

I feel a little bit like the morning after Christmas, or the ninth day of Hanukkah. For the closing sharing of this eight-day Intensive/Retreat—the culmination of a two-year commitment to study and practice—I had written: When I logged on this morning, Dallas was […]

Through the Darkness

By Debra Basham, on June 19, 2020

Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.

~ Arthur Ashe

I am tempted to schedule this to post so readers don’t know that I have my fingers on the keyboard at 4:21 am while on retreat. If I were not retreating via Zoom because of COVID-19, I would not […]

In-tension or Intention

By Debra Basham, on June 16, 2020

As you speak, so you see As you see, so you share As you share, so you become

I am on retreat, and am living the spirit of the law (rather than the letter of the law) by writing a blog post. This intensive / retreat is the culmination of a two-year “Path of […]

Emerald Isle Musings

By Debra Basham, on April 25, 2020

WORD FOR THE DAY

We did not ask for this room or this music; we were invited in.

Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces toward the light.

Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty…

We did not ask for this room or this music.

But […]

A Bird in the Hand

By Debra Basham, on April 23, 2020

Up way before the first bird sings a song of the light soon coming, I wonder if it is breaking the noble silence to have my fingers on the keyboard writing to you while I am still on retreat. The lines are blurry at this retreat. It is being held on ZOOM and people are […]

Spring Snow Showers

By Debra Basham, on April 17, 2020

April…. So unstable.

Spring snow showers visit again.

Mourning doves puff up as they sit on the white-blanketed ground.

Hunkered down, they seem to know this is not a time to search.

The sun and warmth will return. Most likely, sooner rather than later.

Another friend hospitalized with the virus. […]

Packing, Deep Cleaning, and Blessing

By Debra Basham, on April 2, 2020

The one who says nothing good came of this is not yet listening. ~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Preparations for our safe travels back to Michigan from our Pine Island Paradise are underway here—packing, deep cleaning, blessing…. this season is like none other. For the first time EVER, we will not visit with our […]

What Endures?

By Debra Basham, on March 30, 2020

Sunday, March 29, 2020 was the second (and last) day of the Deep Spring Meditation Center virtual retreat with Barbara Brodsky, Aaron, and John Orr. In the afternoon, I went to Galt Nature Preserve for my walking meditation.

This is the latest/driest I have been here in Southwest Florida. The flora I am familiar […]

6 Daily Quarantine Questions

By Debra Basham, on March 29, 2020

Life is totally interrupted by this COVID-19 mandated safe sheltering/social distancing/self-quarantine. I chose to “attend” a two-day meditation retreat with about 80 others virtually. This virtual Deep Spring Meditation Center retreat with Barbara Brodsky, Aaron, and John Orr is a first…. but, just about everything in the current conditions is UNPRECEDENTED.

During the Q&A […]

Roller Coaster of Emotions

By Debra Basham, on March 25, 2020

“Whatever happens to me is not nearly so important as the way I look at the happening — the way I feel about it.”

Columbus, Ohio, August 1982, “Little Surrenders,”, Step By Step

My former Yellow Brick Road post ended on a high note, but the circumstances around COVID-19 are stimulating a roller coaster of […]

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