No Path, No Way: Perfect
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...
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Ingrid Oliphant
- Feb 15, 2021
- 10 min
On Being Homeless Again
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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
The Insincerity of Spirituality and Authenticness
I used to practice with Peter Elbow calls methodological believing. For those of you who don’t know his work, methodological believing is...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
Corona-Inspired Empath Myth-Tip #2
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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
The Invention of Wings and God’s Voice
There is a line in Susan Kidd’s “The Invention of Wings”: How does one know the voice is God’s? Perhaps it was my own voice? Does it...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Feeling Knowledge
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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
Hearing the Prayer
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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Aug 13, 2019
- 2 min
Are ‘They’ Spiritually Ill?
A recent exchange on Facebook began with something like this: “Are racists and xenophobes mentally ill? No, they are ‘sick people’ who...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Apr 30, 2017
- 1 min
It Really is All About You
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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Mar 28, 2017
- 1 min
The Occupied Woman
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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Sep 7, 2016
- 4 min
I Am Not an Activist
An activator for many things, perhaps. But, never in my mind or heart have I identified as an activist even while creating change in...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Jun 24, 2016
- 3 min
Self Segregation and Subjugation of Other
For eons, we have sliced, diced and otherwise organized ourselves and the world in attempts to understand the same. We’ve adopted...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Apr 18, 2016
- 2 min
How Do You Know Where You Are Going?
“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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Mar 3, 2016
- 3 min
Blessed Dark and Holy
“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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Dec 7, 2015
- 7 min
The Industrialization of Shamanism
“From ancient times down to the present, there is found among various peoples a certain perception of that hidden power which hovers over...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Aug 24, 2015
- 1 min
Thistle and Thyme
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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Jun 15, 2015
- 4 min
Throwing the Light of The Lord Around
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...
Ingrid Oliphant
- May 27, 2015
- 1 min
Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect
Perfection of appearance, perhaps? “Why don’t you share your spiritual practice with us?” “I don’t have a spiritual practice.” “What do...
Ingrid Oliphant
- May 22, 2015
- 1 min
Culture Clashing
The familiar life horizon has been outgrown; the concepts, ideals, and emotional patterns no longer fit; the time for the passing of a...
Ingrid Oliphant
- Mar 24, 2015
- 1 min
Gently Waking to a Spring Homecoming
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...
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