What’s in the Water?
Guidance for Swimming Against the Stream
In waking up to whiteness, there are questions to answer and ideas to confront. Molly’s insights bring perspective and clarity.
Reframe: How Shoulds Can Build You Up Instead of Beat You Down
The word “should” has gotten a bad rap in recent years. Self-help mavens and the popular media tell us that “shoulding” on yourself is not nice, in fact, it’s downright mean and counterproductive to boot. I disagree. The voice that “shoulds” is often the voice of...
Goldilocks, the Three Bears, and the Master of Nonduality
Carol Skolnick does Soul Surgery, and she does it very well, as evidenced by her eponymous blog. Today's entry is a retelling of the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks, the Two Bears and the Master of Nonduality You've gotta read this one. Technorati...
A Meditation Book Review: A Monk’s Alphabet
Adapted from an email from Shambhala Press: Father Jeremy Driscoll, the author of this lovely book of meditations, is a Benedictine monk who is also a poet and theologian--and a kind of jet-setter (for a monk), as he divides his year between the diverse worlds of his...
Loving what is: Joe Perez
Based on Ken Wilber's introduction, I can't wait to read Joe Perez's forthcoming book. Soulfully Gay: How Harvard, HIV, Crystal Meth, Sex Addiction, Psychosis, and Integral Philosophy Brought Me Back to God, is due out from Integral Books/Shambhala this fall. Wilber...
Where is your blog?
Want more people to find your blog? Want more of the people who might actually want to read it to find it? Three places to start: http://del.icio.us/ http://ma.gnolia.com/ http://www.digg.com
What is an integral practice?
Over at Zaadz, Jordan Gruber of Enlightenment.com has some interesting things to say about what constitutes integral practice. I like where he's going. I have seen so many people “attack” an ILP or ITP by creating intricate, overblown, structures that, in my view,...
Especially for the BI Chamber
I'm speaking about blogging to the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce in the morning. Rather than have folks scroll around to find Seth Godin's ebook on blogging, I thought I'd put it right HERE Enjoy!
Just another schmuck
From my Zaadz profile: This is one of those days when I'm not experiencing the magic of I AM, even though I am, etc. One of the questions I sit in these days is how to be right smack in the slipstream of who I am in this moment whether or not I imagine that I like it....
Freedom’s Shadows
Vicki Robin, co-author of Your Money or Your Life, wrote this provocative essay about freedom on the Fourth of July. Are you free? Are you really?