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Grief Journey

By Debra Basham, on February 22, 2021

One of the women at Grief Journey yesterday said she reads everything she can about death. For her, this interest was triggered by the passing of her husband. This morning I received an email message about this book:

Another woman shared yesterday how her 99 and 1/2 year-old father is still wanting to […]

Coming Full Circle

By Debra Basham, on February 17, 2021

When we come full circle, there is often the feeling that we have arrived in a familiar place, but that we ourselves are somehow different.

~ Daily Om

I have been obsessed with taking photos of the sky again.

This morning I was text-chatting about the changing nature […]

The Best of Bhutan

By Debra Basham, on February 13, 2021

“Bhutan’s approach as a Buddhist country, a country that values Gross National Happiness, is different from a typical technocratic approach.” ~ Tenzing Lamsang, an investigative journalist and editor of The Bhutanese

Those who know me well are well aware I rarely read news. Today, I was drawn to read the article about Bhutan’s experience […]

One Piece at a Time

By Debra Basham, on February 9, 2021

one breath at a time letting it all go again heart breaking open

how many times now? an eternity of time one more breath dear one

one more breath again what more can one do than this? eternity now…

~ A Haiku by Debra Basham February 4, 2021

Just prior to this haiku coming […]

Rabbi Rami

By Debra Basham, on February 3, 2021

While I, too, welcome a time post-pandemic — a time to hug and be hugged — I also treasure the depth of support that is available through technology right now. Currently, I am being encouraged (like an Obstetrician saying to a newborn baby, “it is safe to breathe”) via “Mystics Summit” presented by The Shift […]

Many Happy Returns

By Debra Basham, on January 30, 2021

“Whether we have happiness or not depends on the seeds in our consciousness. If our seeds of compassion, understanding, and love are strong, those qualities will be able to manifest in us. If the seeds of anger, hostility and sadness in us are strong, then we will experience much suffering. To understand someone, we […]

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

By Debra Basham, on January 25, 2021

This post might be considered “The High Road Part 2.”

I learned to think of re-spect as the willing to look again and again.

I am not attending an eight-day workshop Healing and the Everhealed with Barbara Brodsky (January 23-30). It was very odd to not be guided to attend, especially given that my […]

The High Road

By Debra Basham, on January 21, 2021

This morning a daily message suggested we ask ourselves, “Am I living according to spiritual principles?” The message continued with the principles are constant, encouraging us to ask our Higher Power how to best apply these principles today.

I had received a five-hour Zoom link for meditation and inspiration envisioning a peaceful inauguration day, […]

Hair

By Debra Basham, on January 19, 2021

Keep a watchful eye for spiritual materialism. Don’t look for a goal, but practice meditation nevertheless.

Don’t try to push your ideas, don’t dictate, and don’t edit the dharma, the truth and the teachings.

The dharma is yours, so you could relate to the dharma very simply.

Let dharma come to […]

It’s Perfect!

By Debra Basham, on January 11, 2021

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

~Antoine de St. Exupéry

Yesterday afternoon I attended Remembering Wholeness with The Mother, a divine feminine being channeled by Barbara Brodsky. The opening comments tied right in with a previous evening’s conversation about some ongoing pain. […]

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