Swami Beyondananda 2010

February 28, 2010

Swami Beyondananda’s
State of the Universe Address  for 2010
Part 2
Step One: Wake Up Laughing
Do you realize that billions of people worldwide go to bed serious every night? And wake up the same way?
Seriously.
So naturally — or in this case, unnaturally — the world is in serious condition. Between the stresses of work, the economy, and a [...]

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And Now, For Something Completely Different…

February 27, 2010

Swami Beyondananda’s
State of the Universe Address
2010

“Wake Up Laughing, And Wise Up Loving:
The Upwising Has Begun!”
– Swami Beyondananda
“We’re not here to earn God’s love, we’re here to spend it!”
- Swami Beyondananda
Well, another 12-month episode of that long-running comedy of situations, Universe Knows Best, is in the can, and you’ll be happy to know the show has [...]

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The Crocus Divine

February 26, 2010

This encore post, is part two,  from a series I wrote back in February, 2006.

Knowest thou
What solemn shores of crocus-coloured light,
Reared by the sunset in its realm of change,
Will mock the dream-lost isles that sirens ward?
–Clark Ashton Smith
Many of us are seeing the first welcome signs of Spring and one of the dearest of those [...]

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Crocus Magic – Part One

February 25, 2010

Another encore post, this time, part one of two that I wrote back in February, 2006.
Behold, this crocus is a withering flame…
– Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Barren Spring, 1870
The signs of Spring are becoming increasingly insistent and unmistakable. In my garden, purple and yellow crocuses are opening in the noon sun, before slipping back to sleep [...]

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Courting the Wild

February 24, 2010

Another encore post, this time, from one I wrote back in 2005.
Court the Wild: Find Your Secret Spot in Nature

Courting the wild–spending one to two hours each day in nature–is a suggestion from author Jim Merkel.  In his book, Radical Simplicity (New Society Publishers ©2003) he offers this important recommendation for how to remain sane [...]

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In Between

February 23, 2010

I am pausing before taking on a new topic here.  In part, this is because I am waiting to see what stories and pathways wish to manifest here,  now that our other journey is completed.  But also, there are some major shifts happening in my work and practice, which I am sure will be reflected [...]

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Tarot Card of the Week: February 22 – 28

February 22, 2010

When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be — I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into [...]

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The Journey Ends. The Journey Begins.

February 21, 2010

A painting is never finished — it simply stops in interesting places.
– Paul Gardner
Today, we bid goodbye to the work begun at Imbolc, 2009, working our way through The Artist’s Way.  I leave you with some final thoughts.
First, as we have admitted by now that we are recovering artists, we are urged to make a [...]

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Final Tasks for Chapter Twelve

February 20, 2010

We are now at the end of this journey together on The Artist’s Way. Which is to say, we are now just beginning our own Artist’s Way: living the life of Creator.
Here are the last exercises that Julia recommends. I hope you’ll spend some quality time this weekend working through them. Tomorrow,
1. [...]

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Escape Velocity

February 19, 2010

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
– Andre Gide
As we come to the end of this journey, we may find ourselves facing a final exam or two. This is what Julia calls The Test. It is as if our most vulnerable [...]

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