Consciousness and Ardor

For me gratitude usually means being appreciative of positive situations – achievements, relationships, good health etc. If it makes me feel good I’m grateful. Since awakening and the second birth I’ve been appreciating a deeper value of gratitude – the disposition to open to all of what life brings. This level of appreciation is less…

The realization of our paradoxical human/ divine existence, which in Trillium we call “second birth”, is just the beginning of our spiritual exploration–a foundation upon which to really explore our humanness and the divine fullness of the Being that is living us. I feel that this exploration must involve the deepening of relationship with our…

By Margit Bantowsky   Tear down this house! Run naked toward the Moon and tumble down the mountainside in her arms. Throw away all your straight-jacket dreams of safe worlds and metered days, your heart has already been broken.   Jump into the fire of this raw, real present-tense dance, and embrace it as the divine gift…

Pele’s Way (written after my husband Tony’s death) The volcano erupts suddenly without warning. Its fiery energy sweeps over the landscape of my life, reducing my world to ashes. No crystalline forms remain. No concepts, no judgments, no rights, and no wrongs, no past and no perceived future remain. Only the stark emptiness in the…

Not long ago I had the pleasure of sitting with a small group of folks in our work. Each shared current challenges … and noticed that these were instances of ongoing themes in their lives’ journeys. And each also gave voice to experiences that were deeply moving, enriching, and uplifting, that opened them to joy,…