The Rot
The Rot is a core evolutionary process of the cocooning chrysalis. It is a composting of withered fruits. It is the foundation for the integration of the whole person with Consciousness. Decomposed matter yields energy.
The Rot is a core evolutionary process of the cocooning chrysalis. It is a composting of withered fruits. It is the foundation for the integration of the whole person with Consciousness. Decomposed matter yields energy.
This life and this world often seem so beautiful and compelling that I am swept up in intensities of absorption in – the moment, the environment, the beloved. Something that is intoxicating and challenging at once. As I walk down a friend’s gravel driveway each stone shifts slightly beneath my feet as I move and each…
“Deborah Boyar has become one of the Great Mothers of the Waking Down in Mutuality work and community. Her very presence nurtures, holds, and accepts people wherever they are. When you share your most difficult issues and deepest wounds with her, she is always so deeply touched at the heart that you feel honored and…
Throughout my journey of shifts and awakenings, inquiry statements have been helpful. Before awakening to the reality of my conscious nature, I would sometimes pause in the middle of activity and ask my self one of more of the following questions I might start with the simple inquiry “What am I feeling now?” After taking…
Quiet friend who has come so far, Feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let your darkness be a bell tower And you the bell. As you ring, What batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such intensity of pain? If the drink is…
A talk from an online sitting, November 2017 “The paradox of the here and now” was the title of a talk I gave recently with a colleague who works in the field of experiential learning. The paradox referred to was this. To be truly present to our immediate experience, we have to move aside, a…
“You know all those great spiritual ideals we’ve cherished for years? Those are actually real things and they can be experienced by ordinary people like you and me.” These words were spoken to me by my friend Max in 2002 and, needless to say, they got my attention. His voice was so matter of fact…