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Discernment, Imagination & Coming of Age

June 21, 2015

One of the most essential, yet difficult, skills we must learn in order to navigate life well is discernment.  In other words, good judgment--knowing who and what to trust. We ask ourselves: What do I know? What do I believe? How can I be sure what is “real” and what is not, what is “true” and what is not?  How will I know the difference? And as soon as we start to ask these questions, we quickly discover we have myriad other questions in need of answers:  what is safe, what is good, what is balanced? Indeed, what is “reality” and what is “truth”? I unexpectedly waded deep into these … [Read more...]

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Imagination, Make Believe, and Inner Discovery

October 26, 2012

As Halloween approaches and we can’t help observing, and maybe participating in, dress-up and pretend play, I am thinking again about the importance of imagination, and in particular how much children can remind us about expanding our capacities to know in non-linear ways. Children are impressive in their ability to easily and fluidly abandon so-called rational thought and immerse themselves with freedom and delight into imaginary worlds.  In the process of such play they are naturally accessing their intuition and accomplishing important developmental tasks. My four-year-old granddaughter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blessings, Children and Grandchildren, Inner Awareness, Inner Development, Joy, Self Awareness, Uncategorized, Wonder 4 Comments

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