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Retreat If you enjoy taking time off to be in nature, hanging out with loving, spiritual people, and making new friends, consider joining me at the Center for Soulful Living’s Annual Zion Retreat Fri., 12/6 through Mon., 12/9 at Zion National Park. I have the honor of speaking to the group on Saturday evening. DetailsRead more

“Do what is healing to your spirit, and without effort you will bring the world healing in return.”  (Alan Cohen) where do you begin to heal the world there is so much need so much suffering where can you start *** start at home your inner home your body your temple honor the spirit residing inRead more

see that man on the corner tattered clothes, dirty fingers smelling of stale odors (that you’d rather not identify) you quickly walk by him hoping he won’t ask something of you instead take a moment to see his inherent nature for it is the exact same essence you see in that chubby little baby dressedRead more

“Thousands of channels there are through which the beauty of our soul may sail even unto our thoughts. Above all, there is the wonderful, central channel of love.” (Maeterlinck) What channel are you tuned into? Are you willing to explore some of the thousands of channels in your effort to hear and know your soul’sRead more

to be alone means to be by oneself in that respect it is different from being lonely which means to feel apart separated from others, love, community but am i ever alone when there is such a strong invisible yet palpable connection to others, nature, life, god perhaps my individuality is a grand illusion aRead more

why do we mourn what we feel is the loss of love for love cannot be lost it is always present in some form somewhere flowing from nature’s breast bubbling up within you beaming in the eyes of another love is omnipresent showing up in a myriad of forms *** if you find yourself caughtRead more

in the stillness there is just being a nothingness that permeates all life quiet descends the rocks speak truths held through the ages tales of the earth life and magic flora is rooted in the energy of the land sharing its consciousness through continual blessings as we pass by it is here in this stateRead more

those electric feelings that course through you when the first fresh air of spring rolls through the house it must be what the birds feel as they flop and flap one piled on another instinctually making babies or perhaps you sense it as the pollen infiltrates your body tickling your nose stirring up sneezes maybe it’sRead more

“My heart leaps into my mouth at the sound of the wind in the woods.” (Henry David Thoreau) My pulse quickens immeasurably at the smell of sage after a rainstorm. Sparks fly through my body’s electrical system during a thunderous rain storm. My eyes sparkle at the sight of baby birds learning to fly theirRead more

ever read a phrase that stuck under your skin rolled around inside your head ricocheting back and forth  like in a pinball machine for days, perhaps weeks you tried to think of something else anything really but the thought was pervasive insistent, resonant clinging to your mind beginning to touch down  into your heart pervading yourRead more