Lifeletter 108: Love & Death in the Kali Temple
Following the deeper currents in our being, listening to our deepest longing, does not move us forward in a straight line. We have to meander, we have to wander, we have to visit the city of despair and darkness. Evolution is very curvy; it’s not a bit linear. It’s like snakes and ladders. Just when you think you’ve totally lost your way, you find yourself in the perfect spot.
Read MoreLifeletter 107: The Addiction to Perfection
I talk with people almost every day who want to move forward, transform, be authentic and transparent, or bring forth a new creation. But they’re not. They are not speaking up, they are not moving forward, and they are not doing what they really want to do. They are just kind of treading water
Read MoreLifeletter 106: Loving Your Edge
I think it’s time to take a deeper look at our culture. If we don’t take a long and deep look, if we turn away, nothing is going to change. And it needs to. This culture has outgrown itself — it’s ready for a major update. It’s not really serving anyone the way it is now. I’m talking about the North American culture, which is the one I know. But the dysfunction seems to be on a global scale at this point. It’s like a virus that is spreading.
Read MoreLifeletter 105: Turtle Medicine: Don’t Be That Hare
Each one of us has something, a gift, a capacity, a brilliance, that is our natural medicine. It’s a gift that life gave to us in the very beginning. Often there is more than one. It’s amazing how generous life is with these gifts. There is no real lack of abundance in what we are given. If we believe that other people are more gifted than we are, we’ll suffer until we wake up from that story.
Read MoreLifeletter 104: Feed Yourself First
We were talking about love, and how we care for ourselves and for each other. In our dialogue we were exploring the ancient habitual patterns that prevent us from taking good care of ourselves, so that we can be of real benefit to the people around us.
Read MoreLifeletter 103: Small Courageous Acts of Change
A beautiful man I am working with in Europe told me the other day, “I want to be responsive in my relationships, not reactive. I want to be undefended. I want to be courageous enough to let another person look inside me.”
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