Summer Solstice | Physical & Spiritual Significance
The Solstice Since the Winter Solstice on December 21, the morning light has arrived earlier each day, and the evening light has lingered...
Reclaiming Our Inner Vows in a Fractured World
Lately, I've been reconnecting with the Yogic vows I took years ago. To me, taking a vow is a deeply personal act—a silent promise made...
We Are Creative Beings
When we speak, we create. When we think, feel, or cook dinner, we create. Before the painting or the poem arrives, we are drawing out...
We are Foster Parents of the Creative Impulse
It was July 3, 2024, and I sat in meditation. As I sat, this occurred to me, and I wrote down what I could shortly afterward: I ask for...
An Orange in the Snow | A Recent Retreat Memory
I was on retreat recently. Silence and sweetness filled me while reverence rang in my heart. Worries and thoughts having simmered...
The Violence of Self-Criticism
The Negation of the Divine For most of my life I harmed myself, continually. I pulled and pushed, I slashed and stabbed. Over and over, I...
Relaxed Alertness | Three Aphorisms from the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
Among the many texts that describe Yoga as a technique, a science, a philosophy, and a state of being, The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali have...
The Inner Sanctuary
Our world is set up to grab our attention, directing it outwardly. Our attention is pulled here and there and in more places than we can...
Coming Full Circle - How I Continue to Become My Self
Over the last few years, I made the decision to feel comfortable being myself (my Self) in any given situation. This meant I had to make...
The Value of Satisfaction
Success—A “Para-Gram” by Paramahansa Yogananda First, carefully choose your work. If you have not yet found something that satisfies you,...
