A Mindful Life

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. [...]

Misty blue layers undulate ceaselessly forth; I dream to follow. Susan ©2002/easy bake coven

I was discussing the concept of insight over coffee with a friend, and a metaphor came to mind. I was so tickled by it that I feel compelled to share my wisdom [*koff*] with you all. Do you know what a stereogram is? It’s a two-dimensional image that, when viewed properly, reveals a three-dimensional image [...]

who else but you please tell me who else can ever take your place now give yourself a smile what is the worth of a diamond if it doesn’t smile how can i ever put a price on the diamond that you are you are the entire treasure of the house –Rumi [from Ghazal 2148, [...]

Rhizome: a lateral underground root system, sending up above-ground shoots to form a vast network. Difficult to uproot. So I’ve made a bit of a discovery (it’s interesting to live in a large city). I have found out about The Rhizome Collective. It’s a group of people living long-term in a rent-free 9,400 square foot [...]

The federal government has warned that grave legal consequences against publishers may result if they edit manuscripts from disfavored countries. Why? Because “such tinkering amounts to trading with the enemy.” Publishers are forbidden to: reorder paragraphs or sentences correct syntax or grammar replace “inappropriate words” add illustrations “It is against the principles of scholarship and [...]

I couldn’t have said it any better, and the whole entry was so good that I couldn’t just snip a sentence out of it. Kurt has been exploring the role writing has in his life: I regard writing not just as personal expression but as practice, as another tool in the small kit I bring [...]

Below is an excerpt from an article by Ken Wilber that focuses on what tenets most of the world’s religions share. Spirit, by whatever name, exists. Spirit, although existing “out there,” is found “in here,” or revealed within to the open heart and mind. Most of us don’t realize this Spirit within, however, because we [...]

Sometimes I want to write, but I don’t know about what. Hazy ideas drift in my mind that I want to catch in my hands to examine. Then I begin to think about my readers, about what might be over-revealing and therefore not professional, and I freeze. My fingers hover above the keys, the energy [...]

It was her turn to sit in silence. Then she said, “You really don’t understand. In my faith, we are supposed to commit suicide rather than give into temptation…” [via Across, Beyond, Through]