Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
From the monthly archives:
At this juncture of our work together on Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way, we are given the challenge of going on a complete fast from the written words of others. So during this time, I will be offline. Right. That means I am not checking email, Tweeting, Facebooking, etc. Even if you are not [...]
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Judgement Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world;The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own.Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings,The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own. — from Eyes of the World by Robert [...]
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Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to beBy the Full Moon’s light. I love that we are heading into our reading deprivation week just after today’s New Moon. Like the dark of the Moon, we enter a pause, full of secret potential, hidden and [...]
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We are always doing something, talking, reading, listening to the radio, planning what next. The mind is kept naggingly busy on some easy, unimportant external thing all day. — Brenda Ueland During our upcoming reading deprivation week, we are urged to continue with our morning pages, and it really is the ideal time to treat [...]
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Awakening © 2009 Lisa RoughIn a dark time, the eye begins to see. — Theodore Roethke Well, I woke up this morning still a bit shaky about how I’m going to manage the logistics of my reading deprivation week, but suddenly, I’m a lot more eager about getting into it. Since I’ve done it before, [...]
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The Star – © Ellen Lorenzi-Prince, Tarot of the Crone And we pray, notfor new earth or heaven, but to bequiet in heart, and in eye,clear. What we need is here. — Wendell Berry And now, we must take a big, deep breath. It’s time to prepare for Reading Deprivation Week. Did you know this [...]
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The Muse, nae poet ever fand [found] her,Till by himself he learn’d to wanderAdown some trotting burn’s meanderAn’ no think lang [long]. — Robert Burns, “Epistle to Willam Simpson, Ochiltree” from 19 May, The Celtic Spirit, by Caitlín Matthews Thank you to our friends who are sharing their answers to yesterday’s exercise. We complete it [...]
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Today, the Sun enters Gemini, sign of the Twins. Influenced by Mercury, who rules Gemini, the next thirty days are especially favorable for learning and studies of all kinds. This is why for many centuries Spring final exams have been held in late May and early June in Western countries. Although we are in a [...]
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Integrity (Nine of Wands) – © Voyager TarotThe death rate for people who play it safe and for people who live boldly is the same: 100 percent.– Patti Dingh, Life is a Verb Did you work on your homework over the weekend? What sorts of affirmations did you come up with? This week, the chapter [...]
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The Queen of WandsYou gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do. — Eleanor Roosevelt Here’s a surprise! [...]
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