A Sanctuary for Readers and Writers: Magical Stories, Reflections, and "EFT for Writers"
With one dizzying swoosh, I find myself standing on the rooftop of a skyscraper. There are many like that around me, for I am in a big city. Late afternoon, fairly warm but windy. I feel comfortable, somehow knowing that I belong here, at this … [Read more]
Are you a writer? Journaling, memoir, fiction, poetry, non-fiction -- whatever you feel drawn to create. Sometimes I find it helpful to retreat into an inner sanctuary that puts me into the right mood. Here is the first part of a series that not only … [Read more]
Everybody who has spiritual awareness and at least some artistic sensitivity, loves the 13th century Persian scholar, mystic and poet, Rumi. His passionate, artful, never-ending search for the “Beloved” touches us deeply in three ways. First, … [Read more]
SOLITUDE I cannot remember a word so soft lilies would bend to hear it. I cannot remember a touch so gentle stars would leap to feel it. I cannot remember a single song that somebody sang to my heart when I was a child. Loneliness cut my … [Read more]
THE YEARNING Impish clouds dancing in the sky The sparkling touch of our fingertips An unexpected smile Scent of a rose without rose. It's that. It's not that. Never is. I fall back onto The frozen ground of my … [Read more]
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If we don’t experience bonding and kind, loving attention in our childhood, and even in the womb, we starve energetically. We feel that the life force is drained out of us, We feel cut off from the flow of the subtle substance that ties all life … [Read more]
I have been fascinated by fairy tales all my life. Growing up in Germany before the time of daily television and Walt Disney, I spent many hours every day reading, and the tales of the Brothers Grimm and Andersen were among my favorites. Although I … [Read more]
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Crisis: The wind of change may come as a gentle breeze, nudging us to move on in order to grow and unfold. However, more often than we would like, it arrives as a storm, whirling us around like an autumn leaf. And sometimes the wind of change is a … [Read more]
For some reason, the word “spiritual” has become synonymous with “good”, “light”, and “positive”. However, there isn’t a great spiritual teacher, master, or saint who has not encountered utmost darkness on their spiritual journey. Being … [Read more]
PLAY Freckled clouds snoozing in your hair. Snapdragons breaking through your skin. Dollops of dreams jumping rope on your dog’s nose. You remember, don’t you. It’s all up in the air, isn’t it, you serious little person. Up … [Read more]