Art by Cesare Saccaggi
Beannacht, an Irish Blessing
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
ma
I lied and said I was busy.
I was busy;
but not in a way most people understand.
I was busy taking deeper breaths.
I was busy silencing irrational thoughts.
I was busy calming a racing heart.
I was busy telling myself I am okay.
Sometimes, this is my
The nutritionist said I should eat root vegetables.
Said if I could get down thirteen turnips a day
I would be grounded, rooted.
Said my head would not keep flying away
to where the darkness lives.
The psychic told me my heart carries too much weigh
"Mystical Conversation", Odilon Redon, (1896)
In the Celtic tradition, there is a beautiful understanding of love and friendship. One of the fascinating ideas here is the idea of soul-love; the old Gaelic term for this is anam cara. Anam is the Gae
Will you...
Hold my hand for a little while?
I don’t need you to save me
No need for you to fix anything
No need for you to hold my pain
But will you simply hold my hand?
I do not need your words
Your thoughts
Nor your shoulders to carry me
But wi
I am a human, not a robot. A living person on this part of the world, where springtime is about to come. I am longing for the beautiful early evenings, the return of the songbirds, the cranes. The return of hope and life after pandemic.
Winter is
A young couple moved into a new house. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hanging the washing outside.
"That laundry is not very clean; she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs bette
O Great Mother
Blessed Isis
You who found the lost
pieces of your beloved
You who made whole again
that which you adored,
hear the cries of your
descendants, your
daughters and sons.
Hear the cries of our
waters and lands,
flowers and trees
and th
Ten Love Letters to the Earth
by Thich Nhat Hanh
CONTRIBUTOR BIOS
WRITER Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) was a world-renowned Buddhist Zen master, poet, author, scholar, and environmental and social activist, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Pri
"BEING A FATHER..."
Written by Alejandro Ojeda Pérez, male widwife, Spain.
"Being a father is much more than having a child.
Being a father is reuniting with the baby that you were, and reliving the pure innocence of the human being.
Being a father is
It says in the Tao, “Truth waits for eyes unclouded by longing.”
The way I hear this in psychology is: motivation affects perception. When I’m hungry I see what’s edible. If I’m horny, I see what’s makeable. If I’m tired, I see what’s soft, you know,
If you’ve been itching for a celestial clean slate, your wait is over. The new moon in Aquarius is happening on February 1, and it’s giving us the chance for a fresh start, both personally and in the collective sense. This new moon is also happening
This body of mine will disintegrate, but my actions will continue me… If you think I am only this body, then you have not truly seen me. When you look at my friends, you see my continuation. When you see someone walking with mindfulness and compas
Beloved engaged Buddhist teacher and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away today, at the age of 95.
The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism writes, "our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully at Từ H
art | Holly Sierra
What if the desire to lose weight is really an unconscious wish to shed the weight of disconnection? To be freed of the layers with which we protect our deeper selves?
What if the weight, built over time, is instead an act of unc
Sat there and drove
Dreamed the car was freshly painted
the world round and good
as the Buddha
The sky through the box was the same color
as a pale slide from the 70's
I was not crazy
Not locked up
Self-chosen loneliness and in it I traveled
Without
Imbolc is in two weeks! The word "imbolc" means "in the belly of the Mother," because the seeds of spring are beginning to stir in the belly of Mother Earth. The term "oimelc" means ewe's milk. Imbolc is celebrated from Feb. 1st - 2nd. It or
Photo by Victoria Zschommler
Before cutting the branch of a tree or removing a flower, tell the spirit of the tree or plant what you are going to do, so that they can withdraw their energy from that place and not feel the cut so strong.
When you go
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Rivers of Belief
Take me back to the rivers of belief
Take me back to the rivers of belief
my friend
I look inside my heart
I loke inside my soul
I promise you
I will return
I
