Tag Archive: enchantment

Life Flows On in a Quantum State of Mind

ocean

  When you’ve seen beyond yourself then you may find Peace of mind is waiting there And the time will come When you see We’re all one and Life flows on within you and without you ~George Harrison   Since writing my post last week on the portals of aging, I’ve been in a quantum …

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Slaying the Dragon: Fairy Tales and Real Life

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, New York City

  In fairy tales sometimes a damsel in distress is about to be sacrificed to a fire-breathing dragon to save the village.  The knight in shining armor arrives on a white horse to slay the dragon and save the day.  I love archetypal (universal) imagery because I can easily apply these symbols to my life …

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Session Twelve: The End is Just Another Beginning

Big Horn Reservoir, WY, Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi

  “Spirituality is a commitment to a life of depth and compassion that connects each of us to a larger whole. It is predicated on the development of a contemplative life in the classic sense of contemplation: an open and curious examination of experience as it unfolds, moment by moment. This is also called Presence, …

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Session Ten: Walk on a Rainbow Trail

 Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty.  There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.  ~Navaho Song   In Greco-Roman mythology, the rainbow was a path created by a messenger, Iris, between Earth and Heaven.   A rainbow is …

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Today or 2500 years ago

This past week I started listening to Byron Katie’s book, A Thousand Names for Joy.  Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching is a part of the text.  In the audio format, he reads a passage, then Byron Katie interprets each one. Written 2500 years ago, the wisdom contained in the Tao is still …

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Where is it to be found?

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event.  You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? ~ J. B. Priestley What is it you are looking …

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An Enchanted Existence

Change occurs drop by drop, by doing small, repetitive activities.  If you want to infuse your life with enchantment then you’ll need to take it one appealing step at a time. My daughters tease me when I crack myself up with some stupid joke.  Well, this time I’ve inspired myself!  Thanks to the encouragement from …

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Charmed

winter trees

  Did you know that in 1430 the original meaning of the word charm was a medley of goldfinches or a charm of angels singing? We think of charm today as someone who is pleasing, something with a beautiful quality or a trinket on a bracelet.  I think the “olde” definition is more enchanting.  It …

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Bedazzle Your Holidays

Dry Fork

There is light. There is darkness. The light returns. Do you know how Black Friday got its name?  Originally it referred to the retailers who made enough money to go into the “black” ink from the “red” in their ledgers.  In other words they made a big profit.  Now the police refer to the day …

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