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Ties That Bond

January 28, 2021

As we move through tumultuous times, I have been thinking about how we venture forward together. In these times of national divisiveness when our friends and neighbors and families may subscribe to views of truth and reality that are often not only inconsistent with our own, but diametrically opposed, how do we avoid conflict?  More importantly, how do we engage in loving receptivity?  How do we come together—and hopefully stay together? I think the answer lies in how we look at our relationships—what we focus on. It is important not to get lost in our differences, seeing them as ties that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communion and Community, Coping with Darkness, Incarnational Spirituality, Independence, Love, Sovereignty, Transition, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Coping with Darkness, COVID, Crisis and Coping, Empowerment, Freedom, Joy, Light, Love, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

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

Defeating Fear

October 30, 2018

We are facing a crisis of fear in the world, playing out in many ways on many platforms.  And trying to keep fear at bay in the current environment is challenging as we are subjected on a daily basis to horrific reports of violence, destruction and hatred along with an accompanying onslaught of images, sounds and threats—and outright encouragement-- of anger and hostility. All this is in part designed to create and sustain fear in order to further the assorted goals of the fear mongers.  Exaggeration and distraction are important tactics used by those who wish to advance their own agendas, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Empowerment, Inner Activism, Inner Awareness, Love, Subtle Activism, Transformation, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Finding Calm in the Storm

November 2, 2017

This last year has been and continues to be a challenging time for everyone.  I have been giving some thought to what we can each do to maintain our own energy--and energy hygiene--so that we may stand each in our strength and integrity, and support ourselves and others. We each hold the possibility, and the opportunity, to make positive change, and it can happen in simple and subtle ways.  It can be summed up as: share your self light. This of course means that first you need to recognize and nurture your own light.  And how do we do this when we are stressed by outside events and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crisis and Coping, Full Selfness, Incarnational Spirituality, Inner Allies, Love, Self Awareness, Self Light, Transition, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

We Are All One

December 23, 2015

As we celebrate this season of holiday blessings, gratitude, and cheer, I want to share a story with you. For several months now I have been thinking about the distressing circumstances in which we find ourselves in the world today.  I have been contemplating our situation and, ever hopeful, looking for understanding and reasons for encouragement. Notwithstanding the constant barrage of media and the fear mongers, I am encouraged! As I was leaving the gym last week, my attention was drawn to a woman standing with her back to me, in conversation with another. I did not know her, indeed … [Read more...]

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People Are Good

June 19, 2013

Really.  I mean it. We often forget this is fundamentally true, and are too often reminded of our weaknesses, not our strengths, as humans.   But it is my consistent experience that generally people are good, they  mean well, and try to do the best they can for themselves and others. We can feel so discouraged or disappointed at times in what we see in the world around us, and alas, any such sense of pessimism can be negatively reinforced from a variety of directions (not the least of which is the incessant barrage of bad news by media on a 24-hour cycle of filling digital formats of all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communion and Community, Giving, Heart Center, Incarnational Spirituality, Love, Sovereignty, Uncategorized 1 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

Why am I here?

March 8, 2013

In my work I often am asked by others to help them understand why they are here.  “What is my purpose in this life?” is the question I  hear.  And it is a universal question, perhaps not always in focus, but certainly surfacing during various stages of difficulty, growth and development.  Our human experience is rather rugged, ranging through many emotional, spiritual and physical highs and lows, ever presenting new challenges, bringing us into direct confrontation from time to time with this question of “Why am I here?” Further complicating this fundamental existential inquiry is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Giving, Heart Center, Joy, Life Purpose, Love, Role Models, 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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