I grew up in an anti-religion family, and yet my childhood was full of spiritual experiences. I was born exactly one year and nine months after the death of my parents’ firstborn, a son, at age five from leukemia. Each summer we often visited Little Harold’s grave, planting and watering flowers, but I spent the… Read more
I Believe that Humans are Called to be Contemplatives
Nearly 20 years ago, in a period of life when my spiritual path had become overgrown with weeds and my inner light dim, I attended a training in Mind Body Medicine. As part of the training, we learned a basic mindfulness meditation practice. In small groups, we sat in a circle and learned to attend… Read more
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An Invitation to Befriend Ambiguity
Have you ever stood at the edge of a lake, looked out, and wondered where the shoreline ends and the trees begin? Have you ever been confused, for a moment, about which direction is up and which is down while looking toward the shoreline and seeing the clouds perfectly reflected on the surface of the… Read more
