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The Danger of Beauty

When I was in sixth grade, I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a naked man lying curled up in a ball on my bedroom floor. Sleepily, I went upstairs to my parents’ room and told them there was a man in my room. Naturally, they thought I was dreaming, butContinue reading “The Danger of Beauty”

Shadow Self

When we accept and embrace the parts of ourselves that we previously rejected and shamed, we are practicing a loving surrender to what is and a transmutation of our deepest fears into a recognition, reclamation and fulfillment of our deepest desires. In the paradoxical duality of our human predicament, our spirits long to experience allContinue reading “Shadow Self”

Awkward Grace

I have spent much of my life trying to look like a put-together, polished, professional person. I have tried to hide any insecurities and avoided situations and conversations that make me feel uncomfortable or awkward. One of those subjects is spirituality. It feels like a touchy subject. I have qualms about bringing it up withContinue reading “Awkward Grace”

HERE AND NOW

The only Zen you bring to the mountaintop is the Zen you bring there. UNknown Inner fulfillment precedes outer success. When I truly understood and embraced the truth that it is always now, and there is only now, the present moment, and I lived for that, the outer world fell into place. I fully steppedContinue reading “HERE AND NOW”