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Tonight is the Second Night of Our Solstice Sun-Wheel Ceremony

by Beth on December 4, 2011

For some of us, our love of the world is so passionate that we cannot ask it to wait until we are enlightened. ~ Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self Tonight we celebrate the second Sunday of our Advent Solstice Sun-Wheel prayer circle. Advent simply means the coming of. So every Sunday between [...]

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The View From One of My Heroes

by Beth on October 14, 2011

This is so important, folks. We are in the midst of the best opportunity for real transformation that I have seen in decades. And it comes at such a pivotal time.. we can’t afford to wait, we mustn’t turn away from this. It might be our last best hope. David Korten adds his illuminating perspective [...]

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Secure At Home

by Beth on April 17, 2011

Several times in my life, I have survived very close calls with tornadoes. Yesterday was one more, as the tornado that skipped through downtown Raleigh passed over the bookstore where I was giving readings. (There is no mistaking that sound). Our home in Durham was untouched, I am grateful to say. Although at first I [...]

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A Plentiful Sufficiency

by Beth on February 25, 2011

Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them…he cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?”… And God said, “I did do something. I made you.” ~ Sufi Teaching Yesterday, I talked about [...]

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Tarot Card of the Week: February 7-13, 2011

by Beth on February 7, 2011

Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith. ~ Mahatma Gandhi This week, we’re back to the Majors again, with a card we’ve only gotten once before. This week, we are called upon to embrace Strength. The lion is a universally understood symbol of [...]

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How To Be Alone

by Beth on September 5, 2010

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that’s where I renew my springs that never dry up. – Pearl Buck I have noticed that more and more people seem to find it impossible to unplug, to allow silence, and to be alone with themselves. This is very sad, and is tied, [...]

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Happy Friday the 13th

by Beth on August 13, 2010

It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday. – Anonymous Before we get started on our Gratitude  Journey (and please stop back by this weekend, when I will share some background on those Blessed Beads I featured here on Wednesday)..  a pause to note this special day. Yes, beware, [...]

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Tarot Card of the Week: May 24 – 30, 2010

by Beth on May 24, 2010

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie This week, we receive a very rare visit from the Eight of Swords.  This is a card that at first is rather disturbing, [...]

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Tarot Card of the Week: March 22-28, 2010

by Beth on March 22, 2010

To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy power which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates… – Percy Shelley So far, this seems to be a year in which many of our new [...]

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Whispers, Visions and Avatar

by Beth on January 27, 2010

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. – Ralph Waldo Emerson In considering the perils of success, Julia reminds us that creativity is not a business. It certainly has business closely tied to it, as it can generate income [...]

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