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suffering

Life is suffering said the Buddha, and it is through chronic or acute suffering that we at last say ‘enough’ and begin the search for an alternate path, a way out of our humanness. Suffering is perhaps the greatest and most obvious portal into spirituality.

When God Calls

February 3, 2023

It’s said that we don’t seek God but rather, when it’s our time, God seeks us. I can’t speak for the experiences of others, but that certainly holds true here. Truth be told I’m still routinely astonished to learn that almost no one thinks about God the way I do. (Mind you, when I speak of God I don’t have any preconceived idea in mind other than it’s most definitely not some ‘Santa Claus in the sky.’) From the time…

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Chaos

Chaos

In this thing called life, chaos can erupt on a micro or macro level; in our own immediate lives, or on a national or even global stage; as a cancer of the body, or a cancer of the culture. It’s all the same in…

May 31, 2020
An Offering from COVID-19

An Offering from COVID-19

So here we are. The world panics, gobs of people grow ill and die, and everywhere comes the question, “When can we return to real life?” or, similarly, “When will we get back to normal?” To which I think, “Why?” Years ago when my…

March 19, 2020
Get Out of the Way

Get Out of the Way

The spiritual search is fed on surrender. The more we hand over the reins, the more life or God or whatever meets us half-way. In essence, the besieged, frightened, miserable ego reaches a point and says, “I haven’t got a clue what’s going on…

November 19, 2019
power and potency of surrender

The Power and Potency of Surrender

More than 13 years ago I fell to my knees and gave up. Literally gave up. And out came the words: “I can’t do this anymore, I’m so tired of hurting, of being afraid. I surrender.” I surrender. Two words I’m fairly certain I’d…

September 5, 2019
Hummingbird

A Quest to Love

Today’s post is spurred by something written by Thich Nhat Hanh on the subject of love. His statement, printed below, brought to mind experiences from a New Mexico vision quest almost exactly 11 years ago, and their role in opening this guarded, frightened heart.…

August 23, 2018