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Dearest One
What do you call God? After years pretending not to notice the Presence that is everywhere, the yearning for that most profound relationship outweighed my objections. A term of endearment emerged: “Dearest One!” – for God, Mystery, Presence, partner, family, companions in meditation. And yet no term is big enough for the love we embody:…
Be Still and Know
When I was eight, sitting still, waiting for school assembly to begin, marveling at sunlight playing on the skin of my arm, I heard an inner voice, “The Christ is within.” “Of course it is!” replied the Self-assurance of the child. Years later, when I heard these words from Psalm 46:10, I felt them ringing…
All My Relations, Singing!
After a near-death experience (1975) and my parents’ deaths (1979, 1982), I’ve been drawn to the threshold between life and death and to meditative states to calm the mind/body and help us let go. How do we cut through the western habit of seeing the body as a pesky object to subdue? Through the power…
A Hole in the Flute of God
My intention this year is to share Spirit Song, 2, – 28 new songs and chants from the Mystery. The first song is A Hole in the Flute of God: I am a hole in the flute of God; listen to the music! (can you hear Rumi?) I am a song on the breath of God; listen to the…