The Language of Touch
The language of touch is one where two stories are spoken together, and two energies which by nature are completely distinct from one another, move toward and recognize themselves
Category Archives: Practice
Sunreturn
I can feel nothing but joy with the gentle return of Spring weather, and today the breezes are away, the clouds hesitant, so the sun embraces you, unveiled and unrestrained. If you stand for a moment — and we rarely stand for even one moment — the whole of the reawakening world flows around and …
A circle begins where it ends
Yesterday we finished another 8-week series in our Moving Into Balance awareness program. It is such a blessing to be able to offer small words, and have the hungry heart make of them great meals. Look at these amazing people: you toss out a few lentils, a few peppercorns, and with the human ability to create art …
Harmony
The heart is torn by wind. When the heart-wind rises, true words are taken and replaced with falsehoods. That is the way of the wind. It is harder for the one afflicted, even, than it is for those he or she accosts: the heart is torn by wind, and the words and deeds which proceed …
Consuming Anger
We tell ourselves that what we experience in a moment's time, also passes in a moment's time. We step out into the street, for example, and while crossing a car ignores the red light, and you are nearly hit: whew! That was close. And now it is history. That is a mistaken impression, however. We …
This Life’s Riches
When the eyes are open, all of Creation is reduced to surfaces… imagine the poverty in a world of surfaces. As though all that an ocean offered us was its waves! As soon as the eyes open, the interiors begin to close, the interiors of everything that sight obscures from us, the interior of our …
Practice
The skill of the morning is to wake as if called by a soft bell, or the stroke of a lover, or the flavor of a fresh fruit, or the possibility of peace.
Another cat story
The real significance of a pet staying out of doors much longer than anticipated — a cat or a teen, let's say — is in remembering that the whole of this one short life is taken in through five (or more) senses and played out inside of our own being. It is the interplay of …
The Archer’s Aim
The archer strengthens the bow arm, grips the leather, nocks an arrow, and bends the sinew to the corner of the mouth. Breath enters as the bow is drawn, breath is stilled as the arrow is poised for flight, and all is released together. Release. And the arrow, willed to its destination strikes home. Meditation …
Prayer flags on the winds of thought
I received a gift from a student, Brian, who recently concluded our Moving Into Balance health and awareness program. Every participant brings such gifts to the group — each brings the gift of him or her Self, all the challenges they face, and all the victories they achieve; but here was a special gift, a …
Good ideas
While staying at the Verite Guest House, in Auroville, we were able to practice intentional small-footprint living. That "footprint" is more than where we physically step and leave a trace, but the cumulative and extended affect of our living, from food consumption and by implication food production and distribution, to energy consumption and its similar …
Parables for Cats
When diving under the bedcovers for a place to snuggle in warmth and security, be sure you don't crawl through a tiny opening in the duvet slipcover instead. Think lobster trap. * When exploring, if you jump into a kitchen cabinet where the plates and cups are kept… … should you jump into a kitchen …