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Bison as Beacon

By Debra Basham, on December 14, 2023

This morning’s Gratefulness.org message by John A. Powell is so perfect as follow up to my having gotten triggered yesterday: “When people’s stories are recognized, it does something. It creates a possibility.”

As so often happens, the Daily Reflection from Deep Spring also spoke so well to this.

Think of somebody in your […]

Looking for the True Self

By Debra Basham, on October 26, 2023

Wow… I had a very unskillful time of things at the Jam last evening. When John and I arrived there were only two others there and one of the guys asked me to drum on the first and third beat only. He played a bit of a song he was going to do, and he […]

Consecrate This

By Debra Basham, on August 10, 2023

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

~ Pema Chödrön

Posted on Facebook by a Reunion Living Ministry colleague:

“To bless whatever there is, and for no other reason but simply because it is, that is what we are made for as human beings.”

~ David Steindal-Rast

I bless the heat and […]

Already Is

By Debra Basham, on January 27, 2023

A friend wrote this week asking me, “So tell me your blog experience. How did you get into doing that? How many people follow you? Is it hard to get it up and going technically?”

It took a bit of thinking time to respond, and, still, I had to start with the easiest aspects first. […]

A Heart that Hurts

By Debra Basham, on December 2, 2022

There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.

~ Wangari Maathai

It has been a busy couple of weeks. We left Michigan on Monday, November 21, and have been staying with Stacey and Doug here in Smyrna, Tennessee. We had an easy trip down, and we had a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner with all of […]

Embrace Your Radiance and Power

By Debra Basham, on September 19, 2022

Sometimes it takes hindsight to see most clearly how to move forward.

This morning I came across a Beyond Mastery Newsletter post from ten years ago. The title of that post is “You’re Pushin’ Too Hard.” Here it is:

I may have been affected by a week of flu, but these words to the […]

Dissent with Love

By Debra Basham, on August 3, 2022

WORD FOR THE DAY

Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

~ James Baldwin (Gratefulness.org)

Group 2 sharing last evening was active with exploring the question of the value of being ordained (in Buddhism). This was not so much an intellectual discussion, but a […]

Out-flowing – Getting Free (By Setting Others Free)

By Debra Basham, on June 29, 2022

Thought for Today

Imagine a whole world of beings deeply committed to expressing themselves with some kind of beauty, not necessarily physical beauty but beauty of generosity of spirit, of kindness. Imagine a world where this can flourish. Here we have the imaginal cells at work.

So, if we talk about what conditions are […]

Nothing to Attain

By Debra Basham, on June 9, 2022

We are so brief. A one-day dandelion. A seedpod skittering across the ice. We are a feather falling from the wing of a bird. I don’t know why it is given to us to be so mortal and to feel so much. It is a cruel trick, and glorious.

~ Louise Eldrich

We looked at […]

Midnite’s Purple Petunia Plant

By Debra Basham, on June 5, 2022

From my journal:

Friday, June 3, 2022

Dear Holy Spirit,

I am listening to a podcast by Ram Dass. (Ep. 199: The Continuity of Consciousness)

“Somewhere between not enough and more seems to be enough.”

At least a few moments go by before i have a thought about Joel — that’s progress. I have […]

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