What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time? I feel like the most important thing I carry with me is a sense of Presence. I work at keeping awake to wherever I am. No matter where you go, there you are. Confucius Am I really where I am? Sometimes, I … Continue reading Being There
Making Breakfast
Describe one habit that brings you joy. Every morning that I am home, I arise with my wife and while she is gone on a walk with our dog, I make breakfast. It is simple fare; we share oatmeal and coffee together. I am thankful as I measure out the water and then set it … Continue reading Making Breakfast
The Great Unfolding
What are you most excited about for the future? I am most excited to live in an evolutionary universe. As part of what is new every moment, I get to be a part of what is slowly being revealed. One of my favorite scientists and mystics of the twentieth-century wrote: Above all, trust in the … Continue reading The Great Unfolding
What is ethical?
Daily writing promptWhat are you most worried about for the future?View all responses There is no future, only now. Having said that, the biggest challenge I see for humanity in our little corner of the universe is that our ethical understanding is not keeping apace with technological advancement. We can now keep people's bodies alive … Continue reading What is ethical?
Patterns of Living
Daily writing promptWhat are your daily habits?View all responses Participation. I begin my day with preparing and sharing breakfast. It is the opportunity to participate in the lives of those I love. I get to offer a bit of myself and time to feed family (sometimes other guests, too!) and prepare them for the day. … Continue reading Patterns of Living
Getting caught up… again
I have a morning daily practice that includes meditation, reading, journaling, reflecting. It is a helpful practice and sets me up to keep practicing presence throughout the day. While I know better than to attach a value to my daily practice, this morning was especially good! And having labelled it, I find myself smiling even … Continue reading Getting caught up… again
What I learned from Jesus
When I look at the stories of Jesus of Nazareth, I see a person teaching and modeling a path for living. Jesus taught about healing and wholeness, and facilitated others finding the wholeness about which he taught. Jesus practiced being in the moment, with whoever he happened to be with then. He would stop at … Continue reading What I learned from Jesus
A Good Failure at “Little Things”
I spent the last several days spinning in frustration. After all, I have had a meditation practice for more than 10 years and little things are not supposed to trip me up. Hadn't I arrived at some deeper place? That is what happens when I start to imagine I have arrived and move from a … Continue reading A Good Failure at “Little Things”
Learning to Trust Myself
Here I am. Right NOW. There is no other time; there is only this now and then this now. As I reflect on my life and my still being here and alive now, I must have been enough in every previous now for it has brought me to this moment in which I am writing … Continue reading Learning to Trust Myself
Books Seem Magical
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? My initial response to the question: whatever book I read next! I have long looked at the acquisition of knowledge as the key to unlock some unknown magic of self-discovery or universal wholeness or Who-God-Is. Whatever that next book, it will surely, almost certainly, … Continue reading Books Seem Magical
Infinitely Precious 