One of the most fascinating symbolic images that I have come across is called “The Hanged Man.”  He appears as one of the Major Arcana cards in the traditional Tarot deck. He appears upside down suspended on a tree. One… Continue reading

To ask what something means takes courage. The something can be anything: an event, a feeling, an encounter with another person, or a message. And messages come in so many different ways: through a song, a poem, a movie, a… Continue reading

As I write this, I am looking out of my window at an odd scene. There is, underneath it all, a tree that died several years ago in its youth due to a storm and likely some lightning. We cut… Continue reading

I am constantly reflecting on the principles that are a foundation of the spiritual journey that I am on. This one is, perhaps, the strangest one. It has to do with feeling alone in the world. No one signs up… Continue reading

I’ve just spent most of this past weekend at the Mystic South conference. As I was leaving the conference, I found myself musing over how I would explain to someone who wasn’t there what this conference is all about. This… Continue reading

Despite all of the pages and pages contained in the Bible, we find this in the heart of the teachings of Jesus: The Kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17:21). Despite the vast collection of teachings of the Buddha… Continue reading

As I write this, the news cycles are still spinning with intensity from the attempted assassination of a former President of the US just three days ago. And it wasn’t like everything in the world was settled in peaceful existence… Continue reading

This is the question behind what we might call spiritual discernment, making decisions, figuring out life’s forks in the road. We feel compelled to do some sort of discernment in our lives. We might do this by talking with a… Continue reading

Have you ever had a dream in which you felt something really important was being shown to you? You lie there for a moment in that interspace between being really asleep and being really awake. You understand what you’ve been… Continue reading

Recently the wonderful site, Spirituality and Practice (whose resources I recommend) shared this quotation for reflection.  My Sufi master once said: If you put the world between you and God, the world becomes a spiritual obstacle; if you use the… Continue reading