Field Notes
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.
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
Poems, Quotes and Parables
Poems Quotes and Parables
Field Notes
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.
Poems, Quotes and Parables
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.
Field Notes
Not everything unfolding in the world can be explained through logic or strategy. Sometimes the attempt to rationalize madness only deepens our confusion.
Poems, Quotes and Parables
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.
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
Meditation
In a time when the world seems filled with noise, conflict, and uncertainty, we are invited to remember something deeper.
Field Notes
Compassion is easy when kindness surrounds us. It becomes far harder when we face cruelty and injustice. How do we keep the heart open toward those who cause harm without denying the suffering they create?
Sacred Lullabies
A quiet reflection offered as a lullaby for the world—a reminder that even in troubled times, the human heart still carries the power to bring peace into the shared field of life.
Field Notes
This reflection explores the subtle ways our inner life participates in the greater field of existence. It looks at how thought, intention, and presence quietly shape the atmosphere we share with others.