We know being in nature is good for us, on many levels. When we go into nature, we encounter life on a different level of being – simpler and yet richer. The constant chatter of our minds is slowed. Our senses are awakened. The air we breath is fragranced with the scents of pine needles and the loam of the…
A Conversation with Rabbi Rami Shapiro – Listen
If you’ve read any of Rabbi Rami Shapiro’s books or listened to his own podcast for Spirituality & Health Magazine, you know he engages spirituality with deep reverence and humorous wit. Both “sage” and “trickster”, he invites us to examine our beliefs and our spiritual practices with open hearts, so that we can better companion others on their spiritual journeys.…
Wisdom
What is wisdom? How do we discern when we are receiving wisdom that will help us in our lives?
Truthtelling
Did you see this portrait of Neil Young on the nytimes website? Such a badass. Unapologetic truthteller.
Befriending our shadows – a few new videos and photographs
Our SDI publication Listen is online – a reflection on spiritual companionship, and collaboration between Rev Anil Seifu Singh-Molares and myself. SeiFu writes on the Shadow Spiritual Companion – our befriending our own shadow, in order to integrate our darknesses and illuminate our true natures. SeiFu writes, “We usually associate darkness and shadows with fear: of the unknown, of being…
A Prayer
I’m experimenting with combining images of line drawing and acrylic painting in Photoshop, and coming up with things like this. I have come to realize that I need to pray. Like, I have a need to offer prayers. Though I have left behind the notion of a father god and am allowing for more unknowing in my life these days,…
