We are Foster Parents of the Creative Impulse
It was July 3, 2024, and I sat in meditation. As I sat, this occurred to me, and I wrote down what I could shortly afterward: I ask for...
An Orange in the Snow | A Recent Retreat Memory
I was on retreat recently. Silence and sweetness filled me while reverence rang in my heart. Worries and thoughts having simmered...
The Violence of Self-Criticism
The Negation of the Divine For most of my life I harmed myself, continually. I pulled and pushed, I slashed and stabbed. Over and over, I...
Relaxed Alertness | Three Aphorisms from the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
Among the many texts that describe Yoga as a technique, a science, a philosophy, and a state of being, The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali have...
The Inner Sanctuary
Our world is set up to grab our attention, directing it outwardly. Our attention is pulled here and there and in more places than we can...
Coming Full Circle - How I Continue to Become My Self
Over the last few years, I made the decision to feel comfortable being myself (my Self) in any given situation. This meant I had to make...
The Value of Satisfaction
Success—A “Para-Gram” by Paramahansa Yogananda First, carefully choose your work. If you have not yet found something that satisfies you,...
Mother Nature: The Original Muse
“I have learned my songs from the music of many birds, from the music of many waters.” The Kalevala, a 19th-century epic poem compiled by...
Yoga Nidra, Free Time & a Single Sound
Today I started asking myself a very specific series of questions about time while I was preparing a delicious tamarind-based stew: What...
The Tumult of Nature & the Solace of Spirit
As storms have been creating chaos in various areas of the U.S., I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. And for those...
