Yesterday, joining an online class, the host wanted to begin with a meditation. She pulled a card labeled “The Vision” from a deck, read the description, and suggested we meditate on that.
As you know, I’m in the “vision business,” having led vision quests for 35 years, but as I followed the prompt I was surprised by where I was led. Most people, when thinking of “vision,” imagine a very… Read More »
Some Thoughts on Self-Love …
“If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change.” ~ Michael Jackson…
You’ve probably all heard a saying that goes something like, “You’ll never really be able to love someone unless you’ve learned to love yourself first.” Well, OK… that sounds great, but that doesn’t answer the question of exactly how one goes… Read More »
“There is something in every one of you
that waits and listens
for the sound of the genuine in yourself.
It is the only true guide you will ever have.
Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.
Because what the world needs is more people
who have come alive. **
Martin… Read More »
Black Elk was a ‘wichasa wakhan’ — medicine or holy man — of the Oglala Lakota, born in late 1863 on the Little Powder River in Wyoming. He had been taken ill at age nine, unresponsive and lying in a coma for several days.… Read More »
For a long time now I’ve been immersed in, and guided by, the Heroic Journey archetype. I’ve taught its outline in preparation for vision quests, used its organizational structure as a template for writing a book, and applied it as a… Read More »
