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Hearing, Sitting, Touching, Breathing

By Debra Basham, on October 14, 2019

For those who believe, no words are necessary. For those who do not believe, no words are possible.

~Attributed to Saint Ignatius in Think of an Elephant : Combining Science and Spirituality for a Better Life (2007) by Paul Bailey, but earlier attributed to Franz Werfel, Philippine Studies (1953) by Ateneo de Manila, p. […]

Are You Afraid?

By Debra Basham, on October 1, 2019

This past Saturday night our daughter Stacey and her husband hosted a Bon Voyage-Slushy Party. Approximately 75 friends and family feasted on Doug’s pulled pork, beef brisket, and homemade Granny’s BBQ sauce.

Here is the crew starting to pull the pork:

Here is the morning after in the back yard, with barely any […]

Dancing in the Darkness

By Debra Basham, on September 20, 2019

Aaron Daily Quote Everybody wants to be safe and comfortable. For most of you, your habitual pattern around being safe and comfortable is to move into a control mode. And so you try to think it out and plan it out and get it perfect and then rehash the plans and see if they can […]

In the Hands of the Divine

By Debra Basham, on September 12, 2019

Years ago I worked in a department store that had a pretty large jewelry section. Every time there was a chain with knots (and there were always chains with knots) I was the one who was given the job of de-tangling. I became really good at it.

I am doing that right now as […]

Tangled Webs

By Debra Basham, on September 6, 2019

One morning I photographed an amazing web wet with the morning dew. Later that evening, I mentioned the web while at dinner with friends. My one friend grimaced, said she hated spiders, and since dinner was in the home of our mutual friend, who was also desirous for our dear friend’s fears to be gone, […]

Presence of Angels

By Debra Basham, on August 29, 2019

It has been a very full week. Early Tuesday morning I met my sister and brother-in-love at the hospital. She was having an angiogram, with the possibility of angioplasty or a stent, if necessary. After she was prepped for the procedure, we were able to sit with her as she waited. She mentioned that her […]

Yoga108

By Debra Basham, on August 13, 2019

Tonight is one of those times when tears are just so close to the surface. Perhaps it is because 57 years ago yesterday I had a near death experience. Things that happen to you change your world view….

Perhaps it is because this morning I got to work with a man, and a woman, and […]

What Is My Contribution?

By Debra Basham, on August 5, 2019

I woke up yearning to get out on my bike but clicked on the video by Mary Reed (The Unwitting Mystic). I spent the next hour hearing, feeling, knowing I was right where I was to be.

I have spent time with Mary Reed in person, and I have followed her video offerings. Mary […]

Everyone Benefits or Everyone Suffers

By Debra Basham, on July 27, 2019

Faith. It’s all about believing. You don’t know how it will happen. But you know it will. ~ Anonymous (AwakentheGreatnessWithin.com)

Sometimes I think it could be quite helpful to be an astrologer, or a psychic, or a saint. Especially when life presents challenges.

Below are three recent journal entries. The “D” stands for […]

Overcoming Addiction

By Debra Basham, on July 21, 2019

Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly, you are doing the impossible. ~Francis of Assisi

“Addiction, it has been said, starts in pain and ends in pain.” This is the opening line in the Editor’s Note in the January, 2018, edition of GUIDEPOSTS. The title is ‘Overcoming Addiction.” […]

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