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 […]

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Human Feet

By Debra Basham, on February 28, 2020

My mind is so busy. I pull myself away from the Tapping Summit to join my Friday morning writing group, and the group seems so focused on the mundane I want to leave. I want to be inside where it is safe.

Finally, Mary reads an incredible poem: “For Calling the Spirit Back from […]

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Holy Hissy-fits

By Debra Basham, on October 23, 2019

Holy hissy-fits, Batman, have I been navigating the sacred darkness this week!

Last Friday morning I realized I was not able to log onto the SCS website. I @$$sumed our website was just down for some reason so I sent a text message to Joel and to our webmaster, Rebecca. Rebecca responded that she […]

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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. […]

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