Love and Presence
The Quiet Wound of Being Human.
A quiet reflection on the hidden grief we carry — and the love that has never left us.
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Dante's Prayer
A quiet prayer from the edge of the dark night. When the path disappears and hope feels distant, the ocean and the stars remind us that love still remembers us. A meditation on longing, forgiveness, and the fragile courage of the human heart finding its way home.
Love and Presence
Sitting With the Dying
What the Dying Teach Us About Love..
Love Notes
Love Notes XXXVII
There lives within the human heart an ancient ache.
Field Notes
Bioenergetic Integration II
The courage required for Bioenergetic Integration is not the courage of effort or control. It is closer to an act of faith — a willingness to soften the protective structures the mind has built over years of survival and allow the deeper intelligence of the body and heart to return to life.
Two Kinds Of Intelligence -Rumi
Tea and Zen Threads The Morning Poem0:00/213.42040816326531× There are two kinds of intelligence: One acquired, as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts from books and from what the teacher says, collecting information from the traditional sciences as well as from the new sciences. With such
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The Buddha's Last Instruction
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The Difference Between Facts and Truth
Much of human personality is built as protection against early pain. The shields we create—arrogance, control, withdrawal, certainty—help us survive. Yet those same defenses can quietly distort our vision. What we call truth may sometimes be only what our defenses allow us to see.
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Lay Down Your Burden
There is something about those words that speaks directly to the human condition. Most of us move through life carrying far more than the moment itself requires. We carry old regrets, unfinished grief, the quiet belief that we must somehow hold everything together by our own strength.
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Madness Cannot Be Rationalized
Not everything unfolding in the world can be explained through logic or strategy. Sometimes the attempt to rationalize madness only deepens our confusion.
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The Morning Poem by Mary Oliver
Morning arrives quietly. Before the day gathers its momentum, Mary Oliver reminds us to step outside, breathe the air, and remember the simple blessing of being alive.
Poems, Quotes and Parables
Beginning tomorrow morning, I will be sharing a small daily offering — a poem, quote or parable to greet the day. These will come from three voices whose words have long carried light into the world: Hafiz, Rumi, and Mary Oliver, with guest appearances from others that light the way. Each