By Debra Basham, on February 1, 2023 When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life is the title of a book but it certainly can also become a way of life.
An amazing response from a dear friend to my Happy Birthday Haiku blog post was an immediate offer to purchase a stove for the family still without one […]
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. […]
By Debra Basham, on January 24, 2023 “You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” ~ Thomas Merton
Last night after a rousing game of Hand and Foot, John […]
By Debra Basham, on January 22, 2023 “Our inner lives are every bit as astonishing, baffling, and mysterious as the infinite vastness of the cosmos.” ~ Adyashanti
Adyashanti’s words speak volumes to me as I am in the pondering process related to culling everything SCS-Matters in preparation for a new DebraBasham.com website. What to keep, what to save. What to repackage or […]
By Debra Basham, on November 22, 2021 For, although it is true that fear and despair can overwhelm us, hope cannot be purchased with the refusal to feel.
~Susan Griffin
“This time tomorrow” drifts through my head like lyrics to a song I am singing but have never heard. An internet search brought a song by that name by The Kinks.
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By Debra Basham, on August 5, 2020
Recently, I included some information about transformation from J. Krishnamurti in my clergy “Insight’s” article.
Transformation is said to occur only when NONE of the following are present:
desire to change the experience judgment analysis justification grasping selfing resisting believing that “I am witnessing”
Since the coronavirus stay-safe-at-home order in March, […]
By Debra Basham, on July 18, 2020 “Strive to be uncynical, to be a hope-giving force, to be a steward of substance.” ~ Maria Popova Bulgarian-born, American-based writer
Last evening as we finished dominoes via Zoom, I asked what the most significant news of the day was. My friend said probably that the Trump administration ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for […]
By Debra Basham, on July 10, 2020 The weather changes very quickly. At 8:45 today, my friend sent a text suggesting we cancel our 9 a.m. bike ride. Rain and thunderstorms were in the forecast. My response: “I concur.”
Concur is one of those words rarely used. It means to agree, be in accord, go along, be in harmony, be in […]
By Debra Basham, on July 4, 2020 “When the water is muddy and you can’t see the bottom, no amount of stirring can clear the water.” ~ Debra Basham
In the U.S. the 4th of July represents freedom. People often think of freedom as freedom FROM something outside of us, but true freedom is an inside job, and nothing outside of you […]
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 […]
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