The urgent need for Active Patience
I was offered the honor of a lifetime when Naropa University (where I received my Master’s degree) asked me to be the graduate speaker at my commencement in May 2014. I used this opportunity to speak about my deepest passions and yearnings. I talk about our role as humans on this planet, and the lessons that arise from the core of our beings when we let ourselves rest. I had a lot of fun crafting and delivering this gift, and I hope you enjoy receiving it as much as I enjoyed presenting...
Read MoreAll the time in the world
Time is a flowy, circular, and rather paradoxical concept. Relative to region, culture, age, sense of spirituality, belief, and even altitude, time can feel different for everybody. I have experienced many diverse quickenings and hinderings at different moments in my life, depending on inner and outer circumstances. Some have been expansive, some universal, and some uncomfortably constrictive. Elizabeth Gilbert captures this notion of time eloquently in her new novel, The Signature of All...
Read MoreGravity: A reminder of Gaia
Humans in space is a delicate topic. I was hesitant, resistant even, to go see the new critically-acclaimed film, Gravity. My tentativeness was for the potential of a filmmaker to be irresponsible or misguided with my emotions around what I perceived to be a sensitive matter. But, ultimately, I trust the judgment of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, and conceded to go watch the movie with my sweetheart. When the first astronauts reached space, they looked back on their home planet with a...
Read MoreBeing in Nature: An Integration of Mind, Body, and Spirit
I spent three days by myself in the wilderness with only three gallons of water and a hammock. Here is a reflection of my inner work during that time.
Read MoreHeart Melting
Today marks a spring into new life. I have already marked many false starts of warm days, and felt the effects of warming in our atmosphere beginning to show. In the reality of change, I am aware of a subtle melting that doesn’t appear in my immediate perception. Thanks to National Geographic photographer James Balog and his work documenting glaciers in Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, and Montana, I have a better vision for the effects of global warming. Balog’s curiosity about...
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