Photo by Rob Wicks “This focus of ‘inward path’ and ‘outward path’ is as limiting a belief as any. As if one is more ‘righteous’ or...

A week ago today, I became homeless for the second time. The first time, I did it on purpose and had never imagined that I’d do something...

I used to practice with Peter Elbow calls methodological believing. For those of you who don’t know his work, methodological believing is...

Like the other gift that keeps on giving, it can cause great unseen harm and reinforces fears and trauma response. It is this: “you are...

Have you ever felt a piece of knowledge slide across your skin? Slippery, like that little something or other that won’t come off the tip...

To hear the prayer of one is to hear the prayer of all. To heed the prayer for one is to answer the call for all. Everyone has walked...

A recent exchange on Facebook began with something like this: “Are racists and xenophobes mentally ill?  No, they are ‘sick people’ who...

Until it’s not More on Empath myth busting Always we want to learn from outside, from absorbing other people’s knowledge. It’s safer that...

Legions live within the boundaries of her skin. Joined not at the hip but breath in breath they are, they walk, they weave. The Old Ones...

An activator for many things, perhaps. But, never in my mind or heart have I identified as an activist even while creating change in...

For eons, we have sliced, diced and otherwise organized ourselves and the world in attempts to understand the same. We’ve adopted...

“Go now, and wander For the welfare of many, out of compassion For the world.” ~Gautama Buddha Sometimes I’m given street signs or maps...

“When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety; if I sit in my own place of patience, what I need...

“From ancient times down to the present, there is found among various peoples a certain perception of that hidden power which hovers over...

Passages of thistle and thyme lead us to where time or we forgot. In the breadth of a scent, a moment of breath. To remember, to be...

The Transference of the Holy Spirit or Horse Shit Last week a friend shared this video on her Facebook page. I’m not sure the original...

Perfection of appearance, perhaps? “Why don’t you share your spiritual practice with us?” “I don’t have a spiritual practice.” “What do...

The familiar life horizon has been outgrown; the concepts, ideals, and emotional patterns no longer fit; the time for the passing of a...

Some things can’t be denied. Won’t be for long. They have the capacity to wait for us to arrive to the space where they’ve been all...

It’s time for a new abolition movement On February 11, the New York Times published the following editorial. I’ve included it here in...