Forgiveness and Accountability in Community Life

Forgiveness and Accountability in Community Life

This blog is an excerpt from a longer presentation recently given to my Sufi community. If you are interested, you can check out the full teaching.  It is not possible to hold someone else accountable in the clean and polite, healthy and holy way unless you are first able to hold yourself accountable with that…

Different Ways of Being With God

Different Ways of Being With God

I’ll be doing a workshop February 24-25 called Doorways to the Divine. All are welcome; it’s inclusive of all seekers, although I personally rely heavily on Sufi prayer practices in order to open healing space. This gathering is for anyone seeking healing, and anyone wishing to deepen their relationship with the Divine, especially during difficult…

What We Know, and What We Don’t Know 

What We Know, and What We Don’t Know 

There are some folks who are not comfortable with the unknown. Oh, no thank you, not comfortable with the unknown. They may be so uncomfortable with the unknown that they just don’t even acknowledge it.   There was a period of time it–blew my mind–when–you know how sometimes there’s a phrase that you’ve never heard before,…

The Neurological Interplay of Darkness and Light 

The Neurological Interplay of Darkness and Light 

One of the most important things we can do at this time of year is shift our neurology, which in turn actually shifts our endocrinology and especially our immune system, through our relationship to darkness and light. How we manage that will shift our relationship with mystery, and with the balance between knowledge and wisdom.  …

Negativity With Heart: The Health of the Colon Meridian 

Negativity With Heart: The Health of the Colon Meridian 

An important aspect of the Metal element is our capacity for healthy, heart-centered negativity. While New Age culture promotes the idea that relentless positivity is the key to health and happiness, relentless anything leads to imbalance. Negativity is realistic and healthy at times. What matters is whether we are able to be negative with heart. …