- The Power of Deep Dive ReflectionI usually see my path as it advances, eyes forward, looking to see what insights might be waiting up ahead. Every so often, it is helpful to look back and see the distance traveled. I recently did a deep dive reflection that included this question: “Has there been a time when something you believed about …
- Deep ListeningThe way we frame things changes how we see. I’ve recently started viewing my spiritual practice through the lens of listening, and I have been surprised and enriched at the many layers. Because I’m a visual and mental person, listening shifts my attention to a different mode, less used, underappreciated. A stream of thoughts is …
- When Virtue is LackingSome days, I feel I’ve been dropped into someone else’s dream, a world I do not recognize. Leaders with the judgment and appetites of adolescents wage wars for the sake of ego. Aggression and naked power are rewarded. Respect for the rule of law, even a sense of basic fairness, is eroding. Personal values like …
- To See What’s HereMy throat is easy. Cool air falls inside, fills me, then expels. My arms and neck begin to relax just from noticing the sticky points. I am sitting with no other purpose than to see what’s here, to feel the shape of my body as it meets the shape of a living moment. I feel …
- Tending My Most Precious ResourceThe quality of my attention guides the trajectory of my spiritual growth. It’s the beating heart at the center of any practice – watching the breath in meditation, feeling the body stretch and find new shape in yoga, searching inward during prayer. My ability to direct and sustain my attention is what opens all possibilities. …
Responding to the Spiritual Impulse