What Lies Beneath the Surface
Allow yourself to play in the field of the known and the unknown. To let your curiosity be more powerful than your fear. Because, to borrow a phrase from the Nigerian philosopher Bayo Akumolafe, The mystery of Life is calling you to go into the wilds beyond the fences you’ve erected.
Feeling the Rain or Getting Wet
Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.
The Only Prayer You Need
More Pagan than Christian
… if people stay at the level of co-creating material abundance as defined by the dominant social/economic system they remain at the human level of creative intelligence and do not open to the greater Intelligence of the Universe …renewed understanding of Nature's order will thrust us out of our hyper-individualism into community…Allowing us to create with the Intelligence that is beyond our human imagination restoring the harmony…
First-World Problems
For all the challenges they are definitely first-world problems. My life is a blessing and pray that my deeds share those blessings with others for the best and highest good of All Life.
What Happened On the Precipice
Not even a speck in the Universe but still a part of something unimaginably enormous.
Love of Self or Tyranny of Ego
We can only love others as much as we love ourselves. If we do not love ourselves and live under the tyranny of our ego then we will treat others in like manner.
Making a Connection
The more effort I make to connect with the Earth the more I know how disconnected I have been. And how can I be good to Earth and all its creation if I do not make a meaningful connection?
Earth Doesn't Care About Stakeholder Profits
We humans can continue to indulge our lust for convenience and comfort. We can pretend our actions that violate the Earth have no consequences. We can ignore scientific research that shows unprecedented changes in the environment we humans rely on. We can continue with business as usual. But the Earth has no obligation to corporate shareholder profits.
A Neighborhood Friend
As I walked down my suburban street in a state elevated by prayer and being in sacred community the world seemed very alive. I came to a full stop when I saw a face in a tree.
New Moon says Go Big or Go Home
There's something about spending time in pandemic lockdown with virtual human companionship that gets even a working guy like me to wondering what his place is in the Cosmos.