When I began working with a therapist, I expressed that my problem was being indecisive. He looked up the definition of “to decide” and found…
4 Principles – Desiring and Fearing Presence
3. We desire and fear presence. I define presence as the experience of being in full awareness and acceptance of one’s immediate physical, emotional, spiritual,…
A Practice with Love at the Center, Part 2
Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust. – bell hooks As I practice compassion and coach others in…
Understanding Your Blocks
There is a meditation I use when I want to explore places that are blocked or stuck on deeper levels. I think of feeling stuck or…
Publication Announcement: The Star of Opening
I’m proud to announce that The Star of Opening, an anthology of spiritual writings from Morningstar Mystery School, is now available on Amazon.com. I co-edited this…
You are the Cup
In several recent conversations, I’ve heard and contemplated the divide between spiritual orientations of “working on one’s self” and “being in service” to something greater than the self—deity,…
Freedom With
For the past three days I’ve had two different songs stuck in my head, alternating. When I grasp a piece of music that excites me,…
Refilling the Empty Cup
Recently I have begun thinking that I’ve lumped together several different needs and cravings into this larger mental category of “needing to rest”—or, more typically,…
Descent and Healing
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the protagonist must descend all the way through the nadir of Hell before he can begin to climb toward Heaven. In terms…
Deepening into the Dark
At this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, when the playful activity of summer begins to cool and withdraw into fall, I feel my…