Forces Inside of Me: A Loving Reminder of Possibility.
These forces inside of me are too grand for my stretch of skin to contain and without the deliberate extraction of this energy, I’m certain I would combust.
Sparring With Your Demons: A Battle Cry.
Behead Ego, Illusion, and Fear; they will fold from the force of your intention, from the ferocity of your love. Use their bodies as food for your worms and let their blood moisten the soil under your feet. Bury them with respect and compassion, for they will always return to this world and ...
The Ending That Looked like the Beginning. {poetry}
I guess maybe it’s because sometimes I still see the look in your eyes the first time I told you when I close mine
I played this movie in my mind at least 100 times
But, somehow, the ending was different this time.
How I Found My Value by Shaping My Life Around Service.
By Jessica Durivage
A Love Letter To All Romantics: Keep Breaking Open.
Darling, none of us are much more than questions and commas and dizzy vowels stuck on repeat. I can’t give you answers, but I can listen to your questions and etch them firmly into my palms.
What is Faith: Lessons in Intention and Abundance
Right now I, for the second time in my life, am learning how to pray. As I reflect on my previous incarnation as a little girl sitting at the right hand of my mother, prayer was terrible and frightening. She had a fever for the Pentecostal tradition that caused her to yell out Hallelujah during ...
Anatta 101: I Do Not Exist.
Searching for the self is a meditation that many Buddhists have counted as a centerpiece of practice for thousands of years. Recitation of the Heart of Wisdom Sutra is a daily practice for many Buddhists, including those Tibetans practicing within the Mind Only Middle Way schools. Funny enough, ...
You Will Do What Is Hard Because You Want To Be Loved.
You’ll do it even though it’s hard, because you are brave and you want to be loved.
I Dare You: No More Hiding Behind Dogma.
I am human. Edgy with grace and blown away by the grave injustices in the world. Poverty, violence, blatant greed, environmental hazards, rampant mental illness, the list goes on. I’m told I’m negative if I bring up news like that of the young man, with all the potential in the world, who goes ...