Lifeletter 97: What Do You Want? Liberating the energy of desire
In over thirty five years of working with people, there is one question that is more challenging and disturbing than any other. A beautiful young woman said to me one morning, “When you ask me that question, I get so angry, I want to hang up this phone.” The question is very simple: “What do you really want?”
Read MoreLifeletter 96: Hitting The Wall
In my work, in my life, in my community, and everywhere I go, I hear more and more people speaking about their longing for connection and community. About how tired they are of struggling with the experience of isolation, overwhelm, and lack of support. People started speaking about this to me eight years ago. Not softly and gently, but loudly and with deep feeling. And now this desire for real connection and support is escalating.
Read MoreLifeletter 95: The Power of Gentleness
As soon as we start to force and push, our human nature closes down. When we practice with precision and gentleness, our mind, heart and body remain open. In this openness there is clarity and tenderness. In this openness our deep inner wisdom can reveal itself.
Read MoreLifeletter 94: Our Human Dilemma
There is a deep and natural impulse in the heart, that wants to be a part of something greater than ourselves. Our self-encapsulated ego is such a narrow place in which to live.
Read MoreOnly You, Lifeletter 93
When I was talking to a dear friend of mine over the weekend, she said a beautiful thing. I reminded her of a dilemma I had been struggling with a while ago, and the wisdom she had shared with me about it then.
Read MoreWe Are All Doing Time, Lifeletter 92
A dear friend of mine, whom I will call Janet, has been connecting with a man in Texas, whom I will call Daniel. Daniel is serving a life sentence in prison, as a result of a murder he committed when he was 15. He is now 46 years old.
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