santidevi

Listening to the Silence, to the quiet of my breath, heart beating softly.  My beloved whispers ‘Only Love’ Santidevi, ‘Only Love’.  I have spent the last six months in the alchemy of fire, and I have emerged purified and reborn. What is left is ‘Only Love’, the essence of my existence.  Amor est vitae essentia. [...]

I begin to find my feet.  Nothing feels entirely familiar at the moment.  I was internal for so long that engaging in the world seems utterly foreign.  It is as though I am here for the first time. The solitude and silence that characterized the duration of my fast, has lent a simplicity [...]

Every Moment Grace
 
I write this post with a certain apprehension.  You see this is the third time that I have written “Every Moment Grace.” The prior two entries written on consecutive days were mistakenly erased.  Ironic.  As the words vanished before my eyes I was confident that I would be able to retrieve them.  Alas, [...]

Where will you find God?  Where will you experience the Divine?  Where will you make your pilgrimage?  Which holy site will bring you peace and liberation?
All that you seek lies within. The great Indian mystic and yogi Vivekananda said, “Knowing God is the aim and goal of all human life.” To know ones Self is [...]

 
   
The difference between fiction and truth is that fiction makes sense. Truth is never what you expect it to be. It is not conceptually derived.
 
One of my teachers wisely cautioned me not to judge where the truth comes from. Anyone can awaken you. The teacher can appear at anytime in any guise. Most likely [...]

“ May you know that your life is a gift to the world.”
The quote was crafted in pink chalk on the schoolhouse chalkboard that covers one wall in my bathroom.  One of my students had left it floating in the inky blackness.  I stood and read each word slowly, carefully,  just as it had been [...]

Fear is an invitation to Fearlessness!
Our world is evolving.  The recent global economic challenges have inspired anxiety and fear.  Our standard of living and way of life feels threatened.  What was once appeared dependable and immune to loss has fallen.  We feel overwhelmed and helpless, our very survival feels compromised. The illusory nature of the [...]