The Art of Noticing
“The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.”
---Joseph Campbell
Our multi-tasking/sound bite/microwave/remote-control culture encourages Noise instead of Noticing; Entertainment, not Engagement. We have instant everything, from messages...
A Mixed Lineage
This past weekend I meditated with Susan Piver as I participated in her Open Heart Project Virtual Retreat (susanpiver.com). Susan is a terrific meditation teacher, and I have been using her beautifully-voiced instructions in...
Dementia, Word, This
2013 Honorable Mention (Essay)
Grandpa told us flatly that he grew up at the base of Mount Everest. We all laughed, horrified. “Mount Rainier,” my uncle corrected him, after long silence. At my cousin’s wedding...
The Belief Spectrum
I've been thinking about this topic for a while. As I have ruminated over it, I have discarded a multitude of threads, some of them possibly valuable, but nevertheless, here I am today.
I don't really feel...
Hay House Writer’s Workshop in New York
Hay House Publishers publishes some of today's best-known inspirational and transformational titles. Their authors include Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Dr. Bruce Lipton, Doreen Virtue, and more.
This summer they will offer a new writing workshop...
A Little Nightmusic
2013 Tiferet Writing Contest: Honorable Mention in Poetry
A Little Nightmusic by Ami Kaye
Her sheer veil streams in a pale mist,
the crimson lahenga
swirls around her running form,
she smells the crushed grass
beneath her naked feet.
I want...
DISSOLVING INTO GOODNESS
"The Kingdom of Heaven is poured out all over the earth and men don't see it." ~Jesus, 'Gnostic Gospel of Thomas'
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The distance between heaven and earth is less than the diameter of a photon....
On Merton’s Snow and Watt’s Potatoes
"your heart is my hermitage" - thomas merton
one of the most profound beauties in merton's spiritual journey is his progression from a spirituality of "the" heart as a general proposition in the abstract, to...
Excerpt from Durable Goods by Brenda Miller
This essay appeared in our Fall 2006 Print Issue 7. Click here to purchase the entire issue in Kindle format.
Keith must have given the pen to me nine or ten years ago; he took...
Writing From Your Soul: Workshop with Wayne Dyer
Do you have an inspirational story that could benefit others? How about a great story idea that you would like to turn into a book?
Join celebrated self-empowerment author Wayne Dyer as he discusses some...