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More on Coping With Dark and Holding Light

October 5, 2020

I recently wrote about dealing with the presence of darkness in these times and received some thoughtful follow-up requests to share more about what it means to accept the fact of darkness in the world and for practical advice on how to do this in daily life. So just how do we accept the presence of darkness? What does such acceptance mean? What do I do? First, I admit that darkness exists in this world. Accepting darkness is not to embrace it, not to hold it and not to approve it.  It means only to acknowledge it is there, that darkness is a reality in our … [Read more...]

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Coping With Darkness Without Conceding

September 6, 2020

We have now spent most of this year facing the physical, economic, emotional and psychological threats and consequences of the COVID pandemic, along with the parallel crises of social upheaval and protest against the inequities of racial injustice, and the ever heightened polarization of our divided nation as we watch the sacred tenets of our American experiment in democracy attacked and depreciated on a nearly daily basis.  We are all exhausted. We are indeed navigating a very difficult time.  I feel and hear and know the anxiety and the loss that so many of you experience.  I want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coping with Darkness, COVID, Crisis and Coping, Empowerment, Full Selfness, Incarnational Spirituality, Light, Love, Politics, Transformation, Transition Leave a Comment

Score: Darkness 2, Light 1,000,000

April 19, 2013

I am a Bostonian. We have had a tough week here.  We suffered a violent act of darkness as two young men attacked us, killing 3, critically injuring and maiming scores of others, and attempting to shake our individual and communal senses of security and trust. They failed.  Resoundingly. And so, even in the midst of this crisis, we have had a great week here.  Everything that is the best in us, in humanity, is on full display:  love, compassion, fearlessness in the face of danger, generosity, strength, selflessness, kindness, commitment to community, protection of others, clarity, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blessings, Compassion, Giving, Heart Center, Incarnational Spirituality, Joy, Light, Love, Places, Truth, Uncategorized 2 Comments

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

December 22, 2012

As we arrive at this time of endings and new beginnings, I have been in deep contemplation, seeking to understand what is going on in the world around us, and wondering about our human station, as we mourn twenty young children, and six of their teachers, from Newtown, Connecticut.  Blessings upon them, their parents, their teachers, families and friends, and all of us.  They have served well, reminding us in unbearable sacrifice of themselves, of the truth and what matters, and moving us to take action now and do what we need to do, to be our best selves, in the fullness of the best that is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blessings, Co-Creation, Compassion, Consciousness, Full Selfness, Leadership, Light, Love, Transformation, Transition, Truth, Uncategorized 2 Comments

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