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Waking Up from a Long Slumber in the Midst of an Existential Crisis

8/30/2020

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​The shut down of the world came as a surprise.  Did you even imagine that it would be possible for nearly 7 billion people to stop their ‘normal’ activities and go into seclusion?  In my part of the world the retreat began in March.  I was suddenly thrust into an alternate reality.  But it took time for me to comprehend the change....  


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My Heart Hurts: We Are One Family

5/31/2020

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Yesterday, my body collapsed and I was shrouded in despair and feelings of hopelessness over how we hurt one another.  The weight in my heart gripped me in a state of grief and emptiness.  Hopelessness and despair is a feeling that so many people live with every day.  When you are constantly being denied, denigrated, blamed, shamed and worse in fear for your life, you can’t help but feel hopeless while the fire of an inner flame burns for equality.  How demoralizing and bereft it is to not be free in a country that expounds freedom.  I can only imagine the daily anguish felt from living this way.  It is apparent that the acute pain caused by vile racism has plagued our nation since its inception causing the division and hatred we are experiencing today.  We can no longer ignore the inequality and subjugation of any human.  The separation we have caused is tearing us apart....


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One Air, One Breath, One Family

3/21/2020

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What we are experiencing on the planet is unprecedented.  Never before have we had the magnitude of global interconnection and communication during a crisis that affects every human being, as we are experiencing in this moment.
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Much of humanity is focused on the media, the daily changes in life and the effect it is having on distant parts of the globe as the Covid-19 virus circulates around the world.  Where is your focus and attention going?  You don’t need to listen to the news to know something remarkably uncommon is occurring....  


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Finding Gratitude Even When It Seems Impossible

11/23/2019

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Loving Kindness
The sunlight bounces off the myriad shades of burnished auburn and gold as I rake leaves into plump piles.  The azure sky is a deeper blue in autumn as the angle of the sun dips lower.  The air has a bit of a chill.  In Colorado the sun is quite intense and so the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold.  It is the perfect time to be in the garden or golfing or hiking or doing any activity outdoors.  "The Heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time." ~ Douglas Wood... 


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Attuning to the Energy of Yang Earth Dog in 2018

1/30/2018

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The Fire Rooster’s wake up call in 2017 was a doozy.  The disturbing crowing of the rooster echoed the disturbance and chaos in the world.  Normally quiet people living their lives without concern or care about the outside world were shaken so much that they came out of their cocoons to voice their opinions and speak up for their values.  It was a Yin year for catalyzing the feminine in all of us to feel the fiery heat of our truth and to be aware of our internal beliefs and values....  


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Dancing in the Grand Design of Chaos

10/20/2017

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Daily, you are being bombarded with news of disasters, endless tragedies, and destructive and dehumanizing behaviors causing you to be more aware than ever of the Chaos happening in the world.  These random and outrageous events affect your sense of stability and security and may leave you feeling confused, disturbed, helpless and frightened especially when those unpredictable events cause death and destruction.  You are connected in a way that you never have been before.  Instant news and the Internet have created a dense enmeshed information web that envelops the globe.  In any moment you can hear about a catastrophe at the farthest outpost on Earth.  Your body knows even before your mind.  You are feeling it energetically.  You are connected through more than just the wireless radio waves that carry information.  You are a cell in the body of humanity.  Whether you like it or not, you are in a constant reciprocal flow with the human electromagnetic field coursing through your heart and processed through your body and brain....


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Dancing With Change

6/3/2017

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Life is movement, change, and continual transformation.  If everything stayed the same life would not only be boring, it would cease to exist.  When you are challenged with changes in your life that seemingly “come out of the blue,” or are initiated by external forces or that you are unprepared for, it is natural to put on the brakes and resist.  Sometimes change is hard to understand.   As Alan Watts says, “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”   These days I am feeling the quick motion of life sweeping me off my feet into an entirely new realm and the only thing I can do is go with the flow.  Jumping into this river of life can be demanding because it can be so easy and comfortable to stay on the shore of what is known....  


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Longing to Belong: Reconnecting to Home

4/2/2017

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The Longing for Home is the Longing to Belong. Isolation and the belief that you are alone in a chaotic world crushes your spirit.  More and more in our world of inter-connected technology devoid of touch and face-to-face kindness, the dis-ease of isolation is causing depression and anxiety. A return to feeling connected to others and belonging here in the world begins with connection within and the sense of Home.

The sense of Home is more than a function of place and time in the external environment.  It is a deeply felt sense in the interior of your being.  It arises in connection with your soul and an engaged, concerned relationship with the world...    


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Yin Metal Fire Rooster Year 2017

2/4/2017

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         WAKE UP! WAKE UP! Cock-a-doodle-do Cock-a-doodle-dooo!!!!
WAKE UP! WAKE UP!  It’s not going to stop…there is a relentless alarm to
                                                               WAKE UP! ​
Everywhere you look, people are in a heightened alert state.  Everywhere you look, things are heating up and the steam is rising.  There is fire in the core of our Being to wake up to our humanity, to wake up to the unity of all.  Unity is a fact.  Are you experiencing it?  Only through experiencing it do you really know it. 
 
You might be annoyed by the extremes of this fire and of the blatant way the Rooster crows…louder…and louder...and louder.  It won’t let you fall asleep.  It won’t let you be complacent.  You are waking up to life and to existence. 
 
What is your desire?  Is it to have more material possessions, to have positions, titles, or achievements?  Do you hold resentment, judge, want to control, or gain something from others?  These desires are driven by psychological drives.  Is it the desire to exist…the desire to be…the impulse to be compassionate?  All of these experiences are a part of existence.
 
What is left after all of these drives and experiences?  It is simply Love.  There is a kind of love that is redeeming. 

Restorative Love is “to restore things to their natural condition of Wholeness”
~ Adyashanti
​It is this kind of Love that is an impulse to realize our Oneness with all of life.  There is a deep connecting field of energy called Love that is continually working within each and every one of us to be conscious of our unity. 
 
This Fiery Rooster energy is showing us all of the ways we have separated from each other and ourselves and to notice the ways we can come into greater unity by connecting.  What works and what doesn't?  Let this fiery energy work for you.  It offers a big push to boldly look at your shadow aspects, reflect upon your values, communicate your truth, set appropriate and healthy boundaries, and become more compassionate and caring.  
 
This year is one of being aware of Relationship in All ways and forms.  What is your relationship with pleasure?  What is your relationship to people that have different views than yours?  What is your relationship to your family and friends?  Are you cultivating compassion?  Are you consciously connecting with greater understanding?  Are you willing to deeply look at the parts of you that separate and where you connect?  It is simply to be Aware.  Whatever you find, it is all right.  Give yourself permission to feel what you feel.  It does not make you wrong or bad to have desire, to have separated from yourself or to separate from others.  Observe where you are.  Awareness itself brings an awakening of consciousness.  
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The Rites of Spring Cleaning

5/31/2016

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Mid spring inside rooms stacked high with books, magazines, papers, and paraphernalia finds me sorting through eons of my life.  Clothing from the 80’s still smell of good times camping, dinner club parties, couples sans kids, skiing, dancing, singing, playing in the band, and long summer nights throwing darts as we downed tequila and spent hours reflecting on life and the state of the world....


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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: the Golden Rules of Respectful Behavior

4/1/2016

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Do you want to have friends, be liked and create a fabulous first impression?  Then, courteous and respectful behaviors are ones you will want to acquire.  Being respectful, polite and having good manners creates harmonious relationships and connections. We all enjoy people that make us feel seen and heard.  When people are interested in your opinions and interests, you feel valued and accepted.  When people pay attention to making you comfortable and safe, and respect your personal space and possessions, you feel their care.  A person who offers generous doses of kindness and consideration is likable, attractive and more successful in life....


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A Sense of Belonging: Cooperation

3/29/2015

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Spring is here!  It brings energizing light and growth.  The warm sun and the blue sky prod me out of my cocooning dormancy and beckon me outdoors.  Just like the upsurge of sap rising from the xylem of a tree, waking up branches and twigs, I feel a surge of energy coursing through my body and lifting my spirit.  It truly is a time of renewal and rebirth. There is a quality of spaciousness in the spring, which allows a natural expansion and our body breathes in the essence of growth and new life.  My indoor winter chores are not complete, yet I could not hold myself back this past weekend.  
I just had to get outside into the orchard.... 


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My Morning Chai

3/29/2015

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While the world of humans concerns itself with politics, business, war, tragedy, sports and celebrity gossip, nature flourishes. This morning while sipping my morning chai, my cat and I gaze out into the backyard and quietly observe birds of every kind diving from tree to tree plucking berries and seeds from the trees and shrubs. A charm of house finches flit between the Autumn purple ash, pyracantha shrub and one finch couple’s birdhouse. Slight movements by one and all of them take off in a sweeping fan momentarily landing on a new perch until one of them jumps onto a branch of a mate and teases it. A game of tag ensues and the whole tree is in motion with flight. In between their raucous play, they happily eat the plump pyracantha berries. These berries are known to give birds a buzz. Looks as though it has a bigger kick than my chai!

Gilded flicker woodpeckers are more sedately concentrating on collecting fallen elderberries while a nearby gray dove does the same. The blue jays must be on the same wavelength as the finches for they are chasing one another between snatching berries from the hawthorn, elderberry and pyracantha. Why limit your diet? It is a veritable feast out there as plants distill their final burst of energy into pushing out as much progeny in the form of seeds as possible. There is more than enough for all and every species is partying together and sharing a good time. Perhaps a lesson for us humans.


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