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Ingrid Oliphant
May 22, 20173 min read
How a Non-Deist Dances (or does the dishes) with God
When I was in the sixth grade, I saw an angel. At least, that’s what I called it. It was in the sky, it was alive, and not a bird or a...
Ingrid Oliphant
Nov 8, 20134 min read
I Have Become-A Mystic’s Realization of Self
I’m asked with some frequency if I believe in reincarnation, past lives, life after death, the afterlife, Heaven, and such. Invariably,...
Ingrid Oliphant
Sep 24, 20123 min read
The Love Lobotomy
“In a society at war with man and nature, a religion of peace and love might be fantasized into creed, rituals & otherworlds while it’s...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jan 12, 20125 min read
Know ye not that ye are Gods. ~ Moses (the dude, not the dog)
Thomas Merton to Aldous Huxley during their discussion about genuine & pseudo-mysticism: What I would call a supernatural and mystical...
Ingrid Oliphant
Aug 15, 20113 min read
“If you want peace of mind, I suggest you resign as manager of the Universe.”
That line comes from Dan Millman’s Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior. Here, Mama Chia is reminding Dan that really, seriously, we...
Ingrid Oliphant
Aug 14, 20113 min read
What if it really is “In Between the Stories”?
Inspired by Rumi, blog posts about hate, love and god; and 24 hours steeped in connection with all that is. In Between Stories ~ Rumi Did...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jun 1, 20114 min read
Spiritual Naivety?
There are those who think of me as ‘merely’ naive when it comes to things of spirit. Here, I ask they consider their own limitation of...
Ingrid Oliphant
May 25, 20113 min read
Inspired by Fucking-Sharing a Twitter experience of Being Ing (Get it? Be-Ing?)
Unknot the knickers, unpinch the panties; it’s not in the nikked sense of the word, it’s in the George Carlin sense. Not exactly rated-G...
Ingrid Oliphant
Apr 23, 20112 min read
This Morning Say I AM You
When I woke up this morning, I felt my body pulsing in a manner not entirely my own. It’s not an unusual thing for me. I always know...
Ingrid Oliphant
Mar 22, 20111 min read
Inspired Prayer for Today
Inspired by a local listserve’s back-n-forth about prayer–the belief in, efficacy of, purpose for, and belly-aching about it not being...
Ingrid Oliphant
Mar 16, 20112 min read
On being childlike
This post is inspired by two events last week. The first involved a session with a new client; the second, a reminder from Panache Desai...
Ingrid Oliphant
Mar 1, 20113 min read
Finding my voice
Simplicity seems to baffles many folks. Because we want to understaaand stuff. The hows of stuff. The whys of stuff. How does it fit...

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