All In Full Out
I had a dream in which I was standing outside in front of a looming chainlink fence with razor wire across the top. It was scary, especially because I couldn’t tell if I had been caged in or shut out.…
What’s That Sound?
A koan is a Zen paradox that prompts one into limitless contemplation on the path of enlightenment. I dig koans, in part because they tend to slip away from certainty, refracting into myriad unanswerable questions, onward and deeper. For example,…
Put Your Hands Together
We can be, do, and have anything. This sounds audacious. It sounds incredibly bold to me even as I write it; a hundred exceptions, excuses, and complicating factors come to mind. Then I return to center and state again: we…
We Are Everywhere
“God is an infinite sphere whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.” - Liber XXIV Philosophorum I’ve been thinking about how we might cultivate a greater awareness of sacred space all over the place. It is perhaps easy…
God Complex
“The Mind in us, responding to us… is God speaking and God answering.” — Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind It can be totally empowering to take on the rich responsibility of creating our lives with the full authority of…
Things With Wings
I’m pretty good at coming up with positive interpretations of my life, so I can inhabit its twists and turns in an optimistic and hopeful way. I believe that, generally, things happen for our ultimate Good. I believe that…