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Poem of the Day: the Real

I have heard the Sufis sing of Allah – God – the One – Oneness – the Real. I love this Oneness, the Real. Oneness with Its 99 names, none of which can capture, contain or comprehend You. O Universe Whoe lives within and beyond and through us, As the soft-furred bunny asked, How do […]

Love’s Power in Weakness

I’m stuck. I’m really stuck about what to write to you. I’ve had a really hard day and I’m sad and frustrated and feeling like a failure. However, many of you have written to me and told me how much you value the honesty and authenticity in my writing. Well, this is what I have […]

Kiss Me with the Kisses of Your Mouth

Each of the following quotations is central to my understanding of the yearning I have for God Herself. And that is what I have, a yearning. Yes, a seeking. Yes, a deepening. But a longing and yearning, the attraction and pull to a lover by the beloved. When I talk about “spiritual seeking,” sometimes I […]

Akhilandeshvari – The Divine Reality of Brokenness

Many thanks to Karen Johnston at irrevspeckay.wordpress.com for inviting me to write for her site as a guest. Her post, “Befriending Death,” appeared here a couple of days ago, and is a truly insightful piece on the pace of death in spiritual practice. What follows here is the meditation I shared with her readers on Akhilandeshvari: […]

Cells in the Body of God: Part One

We are cells in the body of God. A teacher of mine gave me that phrase and it has become one of the most important pieces of wisdom I have ever encountered. A cell is not merely a small part of a larger being. A cell has within it–whether it’s a skin cell, a liver […]

Prayer and Discernment (v. 2016)

NB: This post is from 2014 when I was offering the e-book The Practice of Prayer. Now, in 2016, I am proud to be gifting my subscribers with The Days of Discernment, a series of self-study pages. I have changed the end of the post to reflect this change. *** So I was sitting on the floor and my […]

All That Has Never Yet Been Spoken

My heart needed this poem today. Perhaps yours does too? “I Believe in All That Has Never Yet Been Spoken” Rainer Maria Rilke English version by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy I believe in all that has never yet been spoken. I want to free what waits within me so that what no one has […]