Cast yourself. You are the spell.

Seekers are all following some distant star, and eventually will come to recognize that this star resides in their very core.

Cast yourself. You are the spell.

True listening is never self-effacement. We bring the whole self to the process, rather than denying self. When we truly listen, we aren't just waiting for someone else to decide something so we can get on with things, or so we don't have to decide for ourselves. We aren't giving away our own powers to be seen and heard. When we listen, first we listen to the parts of ourselves that are curious, in avoidance, afraid, angry, or proud. Then we can take a breath and sink, allowing those parts some space alongside the spaciousness of not knowing.

May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.

Connection exists. There is immanence and transcendence, and everything beyond and in between. My tradition calls this connection God Herself.

We are part animal, part human, and part divine, and the moment we forget the possibility of any one of those, we are lost.