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Hope and Hopelessness in the Underworld

2/15/2021

 
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My intention in writing these blogs is to suggest alternative ways of looking at where we find ourselves when our world is going through such a momentous transition. Our old life is being stripped away and we’re being initiated into a strange new world. This is a time of extraordinary losses, and sorrow and grief keep company with us. Like the AIDS virus that paired the most pleasurable erotic experience with death, now it is our natural yearning to connect with loved ones that is associated with possible contagion, debilitating illness and death. ​

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The Sacred Wound

2/15/2021

 
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                            Wild Geese             
             You do not have to be good.
             You do not have to walk on your knees
             For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
             You only have to let the animal of your body
             Love what it loves.
             Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
             Meanwhile the world goes on.
             Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
             Are moving across the landscapes,
             Over the prairies and the deep trees,
             The mountains and the rivers.
             Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
             Are heading home again
             Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, 
             The world offers itself to your imagination,
             Calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting,
             Over and over announcing your place
             In the family of things.
                                                  By Mary Oliver        ​

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Meditation and the Power of Story

2/15/2021

 
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I believe that we each have something significant to contribute to the collective story that can shape the way that we live and positively impact the quality of life of others. In order to genuinely participate in the larger story, our personal narrative must be inclusive of all that we are, so that we don't marginalize the shadow elements that move invisibly within us which shape our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. When our story accurately reflects who we are and where we are in our life, we can find the courage to step forward into an unchartered future.​​

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