Certain experiences that the universe has to offer cannot be had unless a person is willing to surrender, utterly let go and let the experience happen. The deepest spaces of joy, of grief, of love, sorrow or ecstasy often are never allowed for in human nature, are maybe never even
Life has been generous with her lessons of late that educate the side of me who thinks she does and should have control over personal, nonnegotiable standards for excellence, responsibility, presence and reliability. I have lived by these standards for most of my adult life and have taken them extremely seriously, without
Last night I had a dream, a dream I have been having for night after night for the last 5 or more nights in a row. Each felt like I was in an operating room being operating on, with many spirits and intelligences extremely focused upon me. In the mornings
I have written recently on this same subject in anticipation of a retreat that just concluded here at Bridging Worlds. Because of some experiences with death over this past summer that prompted me to reach for better understanding in this regard, and I believe due to a powerful ritual with
The last few days have been spent in a retreat here in my mountain home with a house full delicious, inquiring, open spirits and minds. We had a cook, Ali Ghiorsi, who made the experience an earthy paradise. The dream time delivered spot on images and key messages to work
This night my sweet cook arrived for the retreat this weekend. She swept through my house like a tiny hurricane organizing and preparing the space for the nurturing she will be doing for us during these days. She, my friend already here and I had a meaningful and celebratory meal
A friend is visiting me whose husband of 30 years, a man who was also a close friend to me and my dream analyst, died 3 months ago. We have been talking non-stop as if outside of time and space for more than 24 hours, with a little tiny bit
Healing does seem to be a theme running through my awareness in a big way the last several days. Today a friend had a medical issue that was challenging to know how to think about. I called another friend who understands healing modalities from an energetic point of view, had
I am having a retreat this coming weekend at my home and retreat center, Bridging Worlds. In the letter I sent out to the participants yesterday I suggested that each prepare their hearts for their journey here, thinking of it as pilgrimage. It is a pilgrimage to the center of
This model for the Western psyche, the man Jesus, was a healer. I don’t know how many of the other historically great teachers were primarily healers. Jesus didn’t seem to be about encouraging his followers to quest for enlightenment or greatness or even detachment. He asked them to love each