Category Archives: Spirtual Practice

The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo is a year\’s worth of daily devotionals. Each starts with a quote, a page long explanation, and 3–5 bullet points to work with.  The quotes come from sacred texts, mystics, and contemporary writers. … Continue reading →

Coyote is the Trickster, the border crosser.  Some would say the border violator.  In slang, a coyote is someone who guides people who prefer to not use the official border crossings into the Promised Land.  Religious reformers guide you into … Continue reading →

Meditation seems to be a mental exercise—mindfulness, quieting the mind, etc.  And I\’m finding that the body/mind connection is more apparent in my meditation practice than anywhere else in my life. Some lessons are obvious, if my head is on … Continue reading →

It took several years to understand the difference between practice and rehearsal. We practice to build skills. We rehearse for a performance. Musicians practice scales and rehearse songs. Études blur that—music written for students to improve skills.  And great études … Continue reading →

There were so many paths, so many people and signs. The Dark Path\’s entrance lit with neon signs. The Light Path not so well illuminated, nor trod. But that was then and now has come down to just a single … Continue reading →

I like the insights into human reality embodied in language.  The Spanish verb esperar is interesting.  It means to wait, to hope.  As one native Spanish speaker explained, \”It is that for which we are willing to wait.\”  In English, … Continue reading →