She said it was getting to be way too much. She had no other recourse than to send us all home. She continued, in order to have us try to stop hurting her, hurting her natural beauty, harming her animals, her plants and trees, her air and water and soil. … Continue reading →

Patterning.  Samskaras.  Conditioning.  Wholly unseen and unbeknownst to us are the patterns that construct our lives.  How are we patterning unconsciously?  What kinds of life choices are we continually choosing and repeating without awareness? Where in this big messy continual life of ours are we awake in the decision of … Continue reading →

We are all creatures of habit.  We enjoy the safety of our own cocoon.  Our familiarity feels comforting because we know the terrain, we anticipate the crags and smooth places.  We know the ebb and flow.   We feel, what appears reality but is really just illusion, that we are … Continue reading →

Happy Martin Luther King Day, On this auspicious day of days we celebrate this year with more zeal and awareness.  I enjoy listening to the speeches in Martin Luther King’s own words and feeling his message then as it applies now. On the same note, it is becoming more and … Continue reading →

There is a silent flow to our lives that goes on in a hidden manner, underneath the surface of what appears to be our matter-of-fact orderly life.  We are more than our surfaces appear to be and we know this deep down in our souls.  There is an energy that … Continue reading →

Welcome.  Consumption is all around us.  Buy this.  Eat this, not that.  Manufactured needs are being thrust at us from all directions, we can feel like a whirling dervish at times, not knowing what is truth; what do we truly need to thrive in this world?  We eat food and … Continue reading →

Hello dear readers, Welcome to the most tranquil time of year when all the earth here in the Northern Hemisphere lies dormant and asleep. Time seems to accept our desire to be still, to go within to the dormant and quiet place that dwells within our souls. To listen and … Continue reading →

08.31.14 August is ending and the seasons are beginning to change again.  We love it when Winter turns into Spring and Spring into Summer as the air becomes warm again.  September welcomes Autumn in and this means the ushering in of colder weather.  Winter looms on the horizon with the … Continue reading →

Do you know what is in your heart buried deep down within? Only you alone can know what lies dormant there, waiting for the day when it is time for it to manifest, to burst through the warm earth and bloom. Let’s go there now. Let’s uncover to discover and … Continue reading →

Families. The word evokes many emotions from joy to pain, from laughter to feelings of sadness, from togetherness to loneliness, and from being with our loved ones to having to say goodbye to their earthly form. We run the gamut of emotion as our families are made up of people … Continue reading →