The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Leviticus 19:34 Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” Matthew 14:16 Immigration is one of the most divisive issues we face. In this posting I am seeking a moderate even somewhat...
Read MoreAh, the joy of a Sabbatical! It’s like an extended sabbath renewing the mind, body and Soul. After taking these three months off from my blog, I can now return to this part of my work with new energy and intention. I will continue with my blog in much the same pattern as I have employed previously. The focus on spiritual thinking and experience will continue. Over...
Read MoreAfter four years and 72 postings I have decided it is time for a sabbatical. I’ll return to posting in early July. This will be an opportunity to evaluate my blog and where I am going with it. To do this properly I need to step away for a while.
Read MoreIn my last posting I shared some thoughts about the theoretical background of dream work. The focus there was on meaning of dreams and their place in human consciousness. In this posting I will speak of the practical matters and techniques involved in dream work. PREPARATION: 1. The first step is to set the intention to remember dreams. Each night as you are falling...
Read MoreWorking with dreams has been a vital part of my spiritual practice throughout most of my adult life. In this posting I will speak in a theoretical way about dreams and their purpose. The next post will discuss strategies for working with dreams and their meanings so that dreams can be incorporated into a spiritual practice. The modern understanding of dreams began...
Read MoreIn this posting I will again focus on #metoo which is continuing to force a confrontation with the plague of sexual harassment and assault. The Divine Feminine continues to rise up to meet this evil. I believe it is the central spiritual issue of our time. Spiritual people need to be wise as serpents, gentle as doves and absolutely, utterly relentless about this. I...
Read MoreOnce again the Divine Feminine is moving to intervene in our cultural crisis. Right after the inauguration she roared by marching in the street of many communities. Now she roars with a flood of reports of sexual abuse, harassment, assault and mistreatment. Once again she takes the lead calling all of us to face our individual, national and cultural shadow....
Read MoreWhen the shadow is spoken of it is usually seen as the dark side of who we are. It consists of the aspects of ourselves that we find distasteful and unacceptable. We reject those aspects, repress them and often project them onto others. Carl Jung said that the shadow is “the person you’d rather not be.” It is composed of elements not valued by self, family and...
Read MoreNothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself. Senator John McCain I am an immigrant to our country. I came here from Canada with my parents in 1950 when I was three years old. One of my most vivid childhood memories is from 1957 on the day my parents became citizens. I avidly studied the material they were required to learn with...
Read MoreI love finding Spirit in the midst of ordinary life. The Divine reveals itself at the dinner table, walking in nature, doing the dishes, in conversation with a friend and for the purposes of this posting on an often hysterically funny television program. The Divine is spread throughout every episode of The Big Bang Theory. Mythic and spiritual themes are captured in...
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