Conversations with the Heartmind
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention.. Be astonished.. Tell about it.” ~ Mary Oliver It’s been a long journey, but, for me a life-long dream has finally been achieved. Though still in it’s infancy, I’m happy to announce that my book “Sphere(s) Pondering with the Heartmind” is now complete and in print. With that I have […]
Read More“The Only Source of Knowledge is Experience.” Albert Einstein A great many changes have come to pass, here in the beginning phase of autumn. But, this is to be remembered as the time for change, the beginning of the harvest; collecting the hard labors of the spring and summer. I too am traveling about the […]
Read More“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate” ~ Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl. Today we remember those fallen on this day 11 years ago. Across the country, memorial services are held, those who lost friends and family […]
Read More“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” ~ Mark Twain For all that normally read my words, many know that I hold appreciation for the subtle, and have a respect for all opinion and thought from anyone, no matter his beliefs. Today, I am saddened at what I see and read regarding the ill […]
Read More“When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.” ~ Alice Hoffman Today I sit hard-pressed, with a feeling of nostalgic torment coursing through my mind. I feel as though I must prepare or help, but I am far and removed from the […]
Read More“The vested interests – if we explain the situation by their influence – can only get the public to act as they wish by manipulating public opinion, by playing either upon the public’s indifference, confusions, prejudices, pugnacities or fears.” ~ Sir Norman Angell We have a serious problem that pervades our culture. This problem is […]
Read More“Treat everyone you meet as if they are God.. in drag.” ~Ram Dass What is tolerance? What is compassion? Perhaps, the door to these virtues is simply looking upon another and loving him for who he is, not for what he believes in and not for who he loves.. so long as nobody is hurt […]
Read More“All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.” ~ Maurice Maeterlinck Humans have great capacity for good, for love, for incredible acts of valor and courage; yet the friction remains. Our race also has the unyielding capacity for horror. Our consciousness makes us immortal; a consciousness […]
Read More“We have a spiritual longing for community and relatedness and for a cosmic vision, but we go after them with literal hardware instead of with sensitivity of the heart.” ~Thomas Moore in Care of the Soul They drank from pure streams with thankfulness. They lived among the land and moved with the seasons in a […]
Read MoreOften in life we come to the point where we recognize why we are thankful and hold appreciation for so many things. This soul root is a part of our being, forged from the experiences of life. Here in the sphere of appreciation, I give thanks and pay tribute to all of my brothers and […]
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