Going viral In social media terms, we describe something — whether it be an article, a photo, a video, a particular hashtag, or meme — as “going viral” when it spreads rapidly and in effect takes on a life of its own. In common parlance, we say something spreads like wild fire. We use phrases […]
Planting seeds and envisioning orchards In elementary school, our teacher often told the folkloric tale of Johnny Appleseed (whom I researched recently to find out was a real person named John Chapman — an early American colonist and missionary — who was a member of the New Church of Christianity). While details of his life […]
Using a dream theme as your north star A star, a star, shining in the night…will bring us goodness and light. At holiday time, we hear songs that highlight the stars in the sky and how they lead us in holy directions and toward holy destinations. They light our path, and lead us ‘home.’ Following […]
Emerging from a slumber As we approach Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere – I honor that it is a time when nature nears its completion of its turn toward what we experience as the “shortest” days of the year. The days are not actually shorter; we simply experience them as shorter because we “see” […]
Why do we resist change? In this edition of Soul Notes, let’s talk about change. I’m not talking about change for change’s sake. I’m referring to those anticipated or even avoided changes that gnaw at us, and keep us at best distracted or at worst completely stuck, immobile, and hunkering down and ducking from opportunities […]
There’s so much to be savored in the richness In this new moon’s edition of Soul Notes, let’s talk about richness. I’m not talking about financial riches. I’m not talking about material wealth. I’m talking about a richness of life and living. I’m talking about a depth of flavors and sensory pleasures, not unlike a […]
The power of sound and word Mantra is a form of sound current meditation, and as such serves to clear the mind, and balance the brain hemispheres. For millennia, yogis have chanted mantras for a variety of purposes. All of them provide an effective way of controlling and directing the mind’s thoughts and a beneficial […]
Sandpipers Dozens of them dot the shoreline as they scamper toward the receding flow of the tide as it heads out and back in again while the ocean water flows back toward the beach. Symphonically they keep in rhythm with each other and with the tide. Barefoot I press my feet and toes […]
Calm among the chaos As details continue to surface surrounding the rescue of the 12 young soccer players and their coach from miles deep within a set of interlocking waterways flowing between the jagged rocks of sea caves, we are learning that among other amazing aspects of this story, meditation likely played a key role […]
Oneness Union and unity or, at least the potential of it exists within ourselves and with and among each other and with the Divine. We are more alike than we are different. We are all made of the same ‘stuff,’ the same stuff as the stuff of the earth and the stars. As we […]
