Summer Light – by JoyAnne O’Donnell
The blue sky sings with the summer's flowers
white daisies the color of clouds wonders
the sand so soft blessing us
freeing our spirit's bus
to rest and revive
to wonder and survive.
Stalking Anacrusis, Staying Upbeat – by Laurie Klein
“Ana-what-sis,” you ask?
Also translated “upbeat,” anacrusis signifies a pickup or lead-in: the notes and/or words preceding a song’s downbeat, like the “A” in “Amazing Grace,” or the initial, unstressed syllable(s) before a poem’s meter...
Writing on HOPE: The Psalmist’s Prayer – by Mary F. Burns
The Psalms have always been a source of wisdom, comfort, depth and wonder for me personally, and for countless millions who have read, recited, heard and studied them through millennia of history. They timelessly...
Silent Retreat: A Stationary Pilgrimage
"The longest journey you will make in your life is from your head to your heart" - Sioux legend
In December, friends offered to host a four day, mostly silent meditation retreat at their mountain...
Just One Thing by Rick Hanson Ph.D.
Enjoy the Freedom Not To Do you got to?
The Practice:
Enjoy the freedom not to.
Why?
We’re pulled and prodded by financial pressures, commuter traffic, corporate policies, technology, advertising, politics, and the people we work with and live...
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...