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This Day’s Dawn

By Debra Basham, on May 10, 2022

Those who are awake live in a constant state of amazement. ~ Jack Kornfield

This day’s dawn comes on the heels of a dark night. Actually, every day’s dawn does.

Last evening we took John to my primary. She agreed with the medicine list. She encouraged patience and confidence in the specialists he will […]

In The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving-kindness, Pema Chödrön qutoes Joseph Campbell, writing, “It has been said, quite accurately that the psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.” One might wonder what it is that the mystic sees/hears/knows/experiences which leads to the more pleasant conclusion.

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Outside of the Lines

By Debra Basham, on April 18, 2022

“If a wild animal like a cheetah can be tamed into forgetting her power, forgetting her majesty, forgetting her wild — then so can a woman.”

~ Glennon Doyle Melton

I watched an interview in which Glennon Doyle Melton reported an experience of going to the zoo and watching the “cheetah run” with her […]

Treasure this Day

By Debra Basham, on April 9, 2022

If what I say resonates with you, it’s because we are both branches of the same tree.

~ W. B. Yeats

I’m not a “follower” of astrology, but MANY years ago something occurred that led me to respect the wisdom there.

Decades ago now, driving home on a snowy day, the roads were glare […]

Please Help Me Get Out of the Hospital

By Debra Basham, on March 30, 2022

Buddhist teachings point to the most elemental cause behind our suffering — forgetting who we are. We forget our belonging to one another and to our larger body of earth. We forget our belonging to the boundless, loving awareness which is our shared essence. Instead, we live in a trance of egoic separation, with habits […]

Learn, Grow, and Change

By Debra Basham, on March 25, 2022

One of the most extraordinary aspects of our humanity is our capacity to learn, grow, and change.

~ Sheryl Chard (Gratefulness.org)

One week ago today I got a call from the son of my long-time business partner, Joel Bowman, asking who in Kalamazoo could take his dad to the ER.

Of course, I am […]

Getting Ready

By Debra Basham, on March 23, 2022

Meditation is not only permissible in the face of great suffering; it is a moral obligation. ~ Right Action in the Face of Suffering, by Dan Zigmond, March 15, 2022 in The Lion’s Roar

Often I use the Yellow Brick Road as a platform to share what is happening. Today I am simply going to […]

The Practice of Life

By Debra Basham, on March 9, 2022

Last evening’s Group 2 was only five of us out of thirteen. I am not sure what qualifies as a quorum, but I am sure all thirteen of us were actively involved in the practice of LIFE.

Our meeting times were set at the first of the year but the evening before our meeting […]

Holy Holons

By Debra Basham, on February 27, 2022

On Friday I could feel that my blood pressure was high. I began to affirm: I choose to release this pattern within me that has contributed to this situation.

Boom!

I am 12 years old again — August 1962 — in the auto accident with my dad. I am reliving all the terror […]

Rough Edges

By Debra Basham, on February 14, 2022

February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.

A few days ago (asking if we are to pursue having Dr. Deutsch be John’s cardiologist) I drew The Lovers Osho Zen Tarot: It is time to […]

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