“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we…
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Boomerang Messages & Crazy-Ass Notions
What crazy-ass notions are burning deep inside you? “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” ~ Joseph Campbell Sometime during my son’s junior year in high school, I came across a book on the top innovative colleges in America (with apologies, I’ve forgotten the title of the book). I was drawn…
How to Change Your Life
Have you ever wanted to change your life? A ‘turtle step’ is the least I can do, divided in half. It’s also the only way I’ve ever achieved anything.” ~ Dr. Martha Beck I walked out onto the back deck and lay down in the lounge chair. I pulled the blanket over my chin and…
Why We Love Patina over Perfection
Do you believe in patina over perfection? Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side… we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life. ~ Jeff Bridges With…
The Open Focus of a Creator
Have you experienced the focus of a creator? Just be here—really be here, with all five senses and no thought of anywhere else—and then let your meta-self move you.” ~ from Martha Beck’s Diana, Herself There’s a gravel road in Clear Creek that winds for miles through US Forest Service land. I discovered it in…
Longing for Home
Are you longing for home? Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.” ~ Sylvia Earle I walked behind my boyfriend and his buddy, Tom, who had landed at Heathrow earlier that morning. Fueled by dark and tasteless Delta coffee and a near-sickening level of excitement, Tom bounded along the narrow alleys…
