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Questions Enlighten

By Debra Basham, on December 14, 2022

It is not the answer that enlightens but the question.

~ Eugene Ionesco

Tuesday evening as our group met on Zoom, physically located all over the globe, we were fully present with one anothers’ questions. “How do you know if you are awake?”

“I can feel that still center. I can tell when I […]

Lower Case “p” in Plan

By Debra Basham, on December 6, 2022

My face is clear and I have completed two of the five prescription protocols. Three continue for the balance of the 14 days. I am very thankful my face is no longer swollen and burning and itchy.

It is quite interesting how big the little things feel.

It has been a wonderFULL time […]

A Heart that Hurts

By Debra Basham, on December 2, 2022

There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.

~ Wangari Maathai

It has been a busy couple of weeks. We left Michigan on Monday, November 21, and have been staying with Stacey and Doug here in Smyrna, Tennessee. We had an easy trip down, and we had a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner with all of […]

All of the Rest

By Debra Basham, on November 12, 2022

Well, the itching that I endured during an eight-day silent meditation retreat was not contact dermatitis after all. AND a yeast infection can be made worse because topical corticosteroids weaken the skin’s defenses and allow yeast infections to invade deeper into the skin. This week I have been on three prescriptions (oral and topical) and […]

Birds at Oakwood

By Debra Basham, on November 5, 2022

The 8-day silent meditation retreat will take more than one Yellow Brick Road to share with readers. Day One included 22-month old, Jackson, our great grandson, being air-lifted from the hospital in Chattanooga to Vanderbilt after he had a seizure in the parking garage following discharge.

Day Eight is complete with nurse Linda diagnosing […]

Good Can Come From This

By Debra Basham, on October 27, 2022

This post was started on October 17, 2022. Today is now ten days later. I cannot explain fully what derailed my completing the entry, but, say only, a lot has changed during this interim. The post began with this:

On Sunday, October 16, this loving blessing came through Barbara Brodsky:

The Mother to Debra […]

A Clean Slate

By Debra Basham, on October 13, 2022

On Tuesday night in class the teacher told us, “Karma is never a punishment; there is always a desire to learn.” I was so drawn to the words and to the implication of that truth. A subtle curiosity dawned as to from where the idea of a punishing supreme being came.

When love […]

Invite to Arise and Allow to Dissolve

By Debra Basham, on October 2, 2022

The days feel a bit otherworldly since hurricane Ian paid a visit to our seasonal paradise in St. James City on Pine Island, Florida. Devastation is the best descriptor. The island has been deemed “uninhabitable” for the unforeseeable future with no power, water, sewer, or emergency services.

The sense of loss comes in concentric […]

Embrace Your Radiance and Power

By Debra Basham, on September 19, 2022

Sometimes it takes hindsight to see most clearly how to move forward.

This morning I came across a Beyond Mastery Newsletter post from ten years ago. The title of that post is “You’re Pushin’ Too Hard.” Here it is:

I may have been affected by a week of flu, but these words to the […]

Before and After

By Debra Basham, on September 5, 2022

Everything that is good in the world comes from love, land, and labor.

~ Van Jones

My previous Yellow Brick Road posted on August 14. Today is Labor Day, September 5, 2022. This may be the longest time between posts EVER. Or perhaps it isn’t, but it has been (for sure) quite some time.

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