Holding the space of grief and despair for those whose lives have. Been turned upside down by the heavy rains and flooding in Colorado and New Mexico. I was touched this morning by these lines from Rumi: What is sadness, that settles like dust On he
Read more…For you, James, via one of my favorites, Rumi. I know you would love the images here, and send them your way for love, hope, joy, and healing...
Your grief for what youve lost holds a mirror
up to where youve bravely working.
Expecting the worst,
Dedicated to all those who are grieving today, whether due to natural disaster, unprecented flooding, loss of a loved one, violence, unexpected accident, or despair over our culture or our changing climate.
THE WELL OF GRIEF
Those who will not slip
Read more…Feeling very sad for the families and those who had loved ones on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and wanting to acknowledge their tremendous loss. Here is a poem from one of my favorite poets, Rilke:
We lack all knowledge of this
Terns
Don't think just now of the trudging forward of thought,
but of the wing-drive of unquestioning affirmation.
It's summer, you never saw such a blue sky,
and here they are, those white birds with quick wings,
sweeping over the waves,
chatt
Read more…I came upon this ritual meditation while at Pacifica Graduate Institute which can be done in pairs. It is very powerful and returns us to our instincts and relationship to Earth. Find a friend, lover, sister, or brother, and follow the attached med
Read more…Here's a short poem that I would like to offer all the poets out there and to our most treasure muses...
When the Muses Left
A lonely poem waited at the gate
Of all the unsung songs,
Anxious to be written
Like a motherless baby, wanting to be b
Read more…This is one of my favorite poems--and it somehow seems appropriate for the vivacious energy and wild spirit that is James Hillman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXQRyAC6F8
Hawaiian blessing filmed one month ago on Kauai.
Read more…My heart goes out to the refugees who have been displaced from their homes because of the Fukushima nuclear plant. I recently heard interviews from people living in a school not that many miles away from the neighborhood and homes they suspect they w
Read more…Thought this was a beautiful outline by Ecopsychologist/Archetypal Astrologer Lorrie Schoettler for a ritual that anyone can do. I plan to set aside a few minutes today--and everyday--to take part and encourage you to do the same--especially in light
Read more…All day and night, music,
a quiet, bright reedsong. If it
fades, we fade.
(In The Enlightened Heart, edited by Stephen Mitchell, p. 57)
I've been contemplating all this flurry around resolutions that seems to happen so much in the New Year---and is well-forgotten by most of us just a few weeks down the road. I wonder this year, instead, if I can offer a simple ritual that will be mor
Read more…I attended a presentation with Michael Meade a couple of months ago that really got my head spinning around the importance of rituals and initiation. Like others, Meade ascribes to the three phases of initiation--separation, ordeal and return. The re
Read more…Thought this was beautiful and appropriate>>From a blogpost by Michelle Knight:
A quick look at your own life will reveal many rituals, some obvious, some not so obvious, that you observe. It might be the ritual of celebrating a birthday, or it mig
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