If you are a person who avoids the news, Lahaina is pretty much GONE. The death count is rising. Kihei has been hit as well. The fires are still burning. At least the winds from the hurricane have died down and they can get water dropping helicopters in the air again. My best friend is…
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Equal Footing (reprint)
In honor of Juneteenth, this is a light rewriting of a post from 2014. The Monday Message will return next week. Legends, mythology, and stories abound with people giving up their worldly possessions on the path to enlightenment. I think a lot of people don’t really get what that’s about. I’m not sure I did…
Grief is a natural reaction to endings
“If you let go of the grief, how do you honor those who have gone before, without wallowing in the loss?” I’m holding space right now for the passing of a friend, several others have died recently, and we are fast approaching the deathiversary of my Brother-In-Law, not to mention that April is a veil…
Communication from the Heart Center
The heart is the switching station in the body, that which connects the physical to the spiritual selves, and it’s also operating system from which we connect to everything and everyone around us. The heart has a very different sort of knowingness that our usual operating systems. It will lead us in different directions, and…
Cross Quarter of the Indwelling Divine
This Cross Quarter is about assessing and celebrating our inner strengths.
Connecting the Branches Episode 4: Devin Nunes’ Mom, Decolonizing Through Authenticity, and more
Connecting the Branches is a podcast that looks at current events through a Kabbalistic lens Hosts: Irina Xara & Ayamanatara Episode looks at trolling, politicians, trolling politicians, humor, and decolonizing* PARENTAL ADVISORY – We Say Fuck. This podcast will be heavily informed by a socially progressive lens that incorporates racial justice, intersectional feminisms, gender liberation,…