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  • The Power of Dreaming

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    I’m caught up in the throes of NaNoWriMo, dreaming up a novel that won’t be finished this month, though I will make the 50,000 word count by November 30th. So for today’s post I bring you a thought-provoking quote on dreams and creativity, from one of my favorite author duos, Seth and Jane Roberts. Enjoy!…

  • To Solve a Problem

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    This is an excellent reminder for all of us. “To solve a problem you begin to minimize its characteristics, diminish its importance, rob it of your attention, refuse it your energy. The method is the opposite, of course, of what you are taught. That is why it seems to be so impractical. I have said this so…

  • The Space Between

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    “The space between The tears we cry Is the laughter keeps us coming back for more” – Dave Matthews Lately I’ve been intrigued by edges, by the spaces between one thing and another. They can often be places of great paradox and deep creativity. In many of the Big Debates of our culture – pro…

  • Multidimensional Joy

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    Here’s a quote about joy and its many facets, from one of my favorite metaphysical authors. “Let us take a particular feeling and follow it through as it might be expressed at various levels of consciousness. Begin with a feeling of joy. In normal consciousness, the immediate environment will be perceived in a far different manner…

  • Say Yes to Self-Approval!

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    I’ve been on this self-love journey for a few years now, and I’m finding that there is always more to learn. What I’ve been unfolding lately is the complex subject of approval-seeking. One of my self-love affirmations is “I love and approve of myself.” The “approve” part is coming into focus. During a recent discussion…

  • We’re the Sane Ones?

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    “Chaston wrote that men and fairies both contain within them a faculty of reason and a faculty of magic. In men reason is strong and magic is weak. With fairies it is the other way round: magic comes very naturally to them, but by human standards they are  barely sane.” – Susanna Clarke, in Jonathan…

  • Mindfulness & Creating a Fulfilling Life

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    “Mindful awareness creates a kind of work space, a place in the mind where we can see and deal with our automatic habits. It’s like a private, cozy room where we can read and reflect on the most personal passages in our diary.” – Tara Bennett-Goleman One of the things I’m doing this spring is…

  • The Whole Point of Creative Projects

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    It was Sunday evening. I hadn’t been feeling well, so I was sitting in the comfy chair in the living room with Percy cat on my lap, doing some journal writing and some reading. My list of projects and tasks sat nearby, and I was feeling some vague guilt for not making more progress. Sure,…

  • Word of the Year 2014: Enjoy!

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    “Everything exists for joy. There is not one other reason for life than joy. We’ve got nothing to prove to anyone, because nobody other than All-That-Is is watching. In other words, we’re not trying to get brownie points from some other galaxy. We’re not trying to get someplace else; we’re not trying to get it…

  • Trying for That Unselfish Tone

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    “You can have anything you want,” writes one of my heroes, astrologer and author Rob Brezsny, ” if you’ll just ask for it in an unselfish tone of voice.” I haven’t been writing here as much as I usually do, I guess because I don’t want to sound whiny, or ungrateful, or perhaps even selfish. But…