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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.” […]
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.” […]
By Debra Basham, on July 6, 2019 A few days ago, the mold saga continued as late in the evening our friend ripped up carpet preparing for solid flooring installation in the manufactured home she bought here in our park and found this:
(see Lessons from the Mold)
She was having a very difficult time navigating all of the uncertainty. […]
By Debra Basham, on June 30, 2019
Once upon a time… there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated. ~Terry Tempest Williams
June has been a very full month…. On June […]
By Debra Basham, on June 17, 2019
In wonderful ways, life is always providing us opportunities of overcoming amidst chaos. I met a man, Captain Ed, who had a brain aneurysm in 2014, and describes himself as a walking miracle. After hearing some of what he has been overcoming, I asked him, “What were you saved FOR?”
He went on to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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