This seagull is quite literally reflecting—casting a reflection—at the edge of the water. But perhaps, like many people, the seagull also enjoys a time of reflection along the shoreline.
Where do you like to go to reflect?
Month: April 2015
Let Yourself Fall Ill
“If you desire healing,
let yourself fall ill,
let yourself fall ill.”
―Rumi
Have you ever chosen to allow things to fall apart so that they could come together in a new form?
Glowing Like an Orange
All plants are solar energy systems, storing the sun’s energy to power themselves—and the beings who eat them. It’s just that some plants taste more like sunlight than others.
What helps you to feel like you are storing energy? How do you pass that energy along?
Dalai Llama
The Dalai Lama is revered around the world as a great spiritual teacher. But sometimes spiritual insights come from surprising places, like the look in the great, round eyes of a llama.
Who or what has been a surprising spiritual teacher for you?
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Yom HaShoah is a solemn remembrance of the millions of lives lost in the Holocaust—entire communities and a whole way of life stolen forever. It hurts to remember such devastation, whether your family was associated with the oppressors or the oppressed. But building a new way demands rigorous attention to how we got where we are.
What from your personal or family history warrants your rigorous attention?