Moved by Wild Beauty

Moved by Wild Beauty

by | Aug 26, 2013 | Musings

In The Great Work, Thomas Berry speaks of the intimacy the indigenous people had with the land, each part of nature was experienced as a personal other.  I have always been drawn to the  beauty of nature, lured deeper into the land and its mysteries though the...
Wildly Embodied

Wildly Embodied

by | Aug 16, 2013 | Musings

To be wildly embodied is to experience your true nature through every cell of your body – and at the same time – experience your embeddedness in the natural world, in all that surrounds you. The wild, creative, improvisational divine is arising in every...
The Bushmen Perspective on Embodied Interconnection

The Bushmen Perspective on Embodied Interconnection

by | Jul 17, 2013 | Musings

Reposted from AwakeningTheDreamer How the Bushmen of southern Africa explain the human relationship to God: “When one acknowledges the presence of a small bird, a tiny thread is formed. After many encounters with that bird, the thread becomes thicker until it...
Fun in the Moment

Fun in the Moment

by | Jul 17, 2013 | Musings

As every child knows, there is nothing like an unexpected thrill, the surprise you hadn’t even imagined that takes you to a new place, the place you never saw coming.  The punchline of a great joke, the surprising turn in a new trail, the thrill of hiding and never...
Wonder and Whales at the Beach

Wonder and Whales at the Beach

by | May 24, 2013 | Musings

On a hot day in early May, I went to nearby Limontaur beach, an isolated strip that borders on Drakes Bay on the south side of the Point Reyes peninsula.  As I began walking east I noticed a lone whale, first seeing her spouting water, then the sleek curve of her long...