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Depression Can Be Homesickness For Yourself
"When we don't create or express, we get homesick ...homesick for ourselves. We're missing the richness, the beauty inside of us." -Pam Grout Depression ...that grey, heavy, numb, sour, dark, muted, inertia. This is how we feel when we're afraid to dig deep and...
To Be Natural Is Not Rocket Science
I get the feeling these days, when I’m out and about in daily life and sensing the vibes of some of the random conversations I overhear, that people are longing for more time to simply breathe deeply, to enjoy a peaceful morning in silence, to take a stroll -...
Why No Guru, Teacher or Method Is Going To Save You
Most of the time when I'm out for my daily hikes I feel like I become a free bird, released from the cage of my mind as soon as I hit the outdoors and begin to move my body. This is my time away from daily responsibilities. In the beauty of nature, I'm set free and...
Can You Feel Your Life?
Sometimes I hear voices in my head. They feel ancient because they say wise things. This usually happens when I'm hiking in nature. They tell me often that to feel is to pray. They say if we're not feeling, we're not living. Agony and Ecstasy Is A Holy Dance To feel...
Creating Calm – The Need of Our Times
2020 will be talked about in hindsight as the year of dissolution, the process in which something becomes weaker and weaker, then literally dissolves or dismantles. Patriarchal power, war, oppression, lies, money, religion, dictatorship, global warming, greed – it’s...
Love Is The Only Way Out – Don’t Refuse Your Lifeboat
"Until we see love as the meaning of life, life seems to have no meaning at all. The sense of meaninglessness produces chaos, and the chaos produces fear. There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to...
Stardust & Poppies – A Little Perspective
Sometimes I love to freak myself out by looking at NASA photos of the earth in relation to infinity. Well, at least the amount of infinity a super-powered NASA camera can capture... It can really mess with your head, but if you are someone like me, who is on a...
Nectar of the Gods – Good Medicine
What is it about beauty that can often leave us speechless and still? The kind of still that awe and reverence have a way of bestowing upon us. The kind of still that empties us of everything except the silent calm of the soul. For the past ten years I have lived...
The Language of Peace – Bowing Deeply
As I write this I am looking out across the expanse of 1200 hectares of the most fresh, spring green urban wilderness. This is the back-yard that I share with countless other people and creatures in the area. The temperature is climbing to 30C at midday, more the...
Pointing The Compass Home – A Return to Safety
As I write these words, I am watching the sun descend behind the hills for yet another day. Darkness will soon cast its evening blanket of shadows over the valley and trees, and if I'm really lucky, I'll get to gaze up at an infinite sky sparkling with the light of...
How To Feel Rich And Real – The New R & R of Our Times
It's a rather volatile time on the planet right now. Is there anyone who is not feeling this energy? It's manifesting as feelings of extreme hyperactivity in the mind which may be producing quite the roller coaster of emotions. With the sudden death of Prince and so...
How To Live The Life You Love – Begin Now
One of my favorite thoughts that I have permanently downloaded into the computer that's called my mind is, "we create our own joy." Doesn't thinking this thought make you feel good? It does me, and I am forever reminding myself of this whenever I find I'm in a...
Sensual Living – More Ways To Live A Creative Life
In my last post, How To Live A Creative Life - The Art of Sensuality, I spoke about the importance of indulging in our senses as a way to open the gateway to our fullest creative potential. Today I want to get more specific and talk about how things like art, writing,...
How To Live A Creative Life – The Art of Sensuality
Whether we are writers, painters, potters, quilters, musicians, or any other type of artist, our creativity will always be enhanced and flowing in full force when we discover the connection between our art and sensual pleasure. Over the years I have discovered that...
Dark Angel – A Muse To Fear Or Embrace?
About eight years ago I wrote an article called, Owning The Beast Within. It came about as an expression of all I had learned about my own dark angel through years of compassionate therapy with a truly gifted woman and healer. She had shown me the places inside myself...
Famous Quotes About Writing – Why We Love Them So
I truly love to read famous quotes about writing, mostly because they help to remind me, on days when I actually loath to write, that our self-respect as writers lies in the doing of writing, and not in the done. Oftentimes, a single quote will be enough to get...
Simple Ways To Improve Your Writing – 5 Tips That May Surprise You
So often when we think of becoming a better writer or how to write well, our minds will automatically zero in on things like grammar, structure, or the so called 'rules' of writing. My idea of writing well has always been the opposite of these conventional rules...
Writing In The Slow Lane – Depth Over Speed
There is a deeper flow to our lives, the kind that can be likened to the silent, ever constant movement of life that takes place at the bottom of the ocean. Sometimes the surface may be still and calm. Other times turbulent and violent. But always, way deep down,...