Conquer Your Mountains
Developing a Practice If you are just joining in on the ride, this is the latest addition in a series of posts dedicated to exploring addiction and recovery, the path from fear to love. I began by talking a bit about our fears and irrational beliefs that keep us stuck in self-defeating patterns and went…
Awareness with Grace In my last post, I spoke about how our fears and irrational beliefs can keep us stuck in self-defeating patterns. I also introduced an idea called ‘the fear cycle,’ and proposed that analysis of our personal fear cycles can help us learn to interrupt the process that leads to self-defeating behavior. There…
I would like to begin writing a series of posts on addiction. What I am about to speak on–Fear and the path to Love–is not strictly about addictions, per se. However, I have found that developing a deeper understanding of my fears was a powerful tool in my my own recovery process. I believe that…
There has been a theme running around my life of late – doubt. It is not only present with me, but has been a topic of conversation with many close to me. It has shackled me, and with such exaction, making any efforts to move forward in my life painstakingly difficult. To varying degrees, we…
love is not a noun love follows you up to the top of the tallest mountain, then stands – sure-footed – behind you, gripping the back of your t-shirt so you can lean yourself, most precariously, over the edge, casting your eyes to the penumbra of your staggering opacity below; and when you are stubborn,…
Pure Radiance All is the Radiant Seed. Seed never dies nor is it born; it is only in constant transition — seed gives way to root and stem, to petals that bloom, to more seed that falls to the ground and again is the beauty that roots to the earth and reaches toward the heavens….
We are made of star stuff. This is the assertion of celebrated astronomer and astrophysicist, Carl Sagan, and a stirring notion worthy of consideration. The impetus for this now coined phrase lies in the fascinating discoveries science has made about the nature of the cosmos and the nature of life. We are made of the…
Walk With Your Spirit We were high in the Smoky Mountains, well on our way to our anxiously anticipated destination. Across a precarious land bridge and over a treacherous peak was the view of a precious waterfall that awaited our eager enjoyment. At that moment, however, we were 14 miles into our hike, and…
Live From The Indwelling Light There is something intrinsically wrong with me… I am a bad person… All I ever do is hurt people or let them down… I can’t do anything right… I’m a failure… I don’t deserve beauty, love or happiness… My suffering is punishment for my iniquity. ~* ~* ~ “It…