Category Archives: Spirit

Accept the Reality of Who I Am?

Posted on May 4, 2021 by jenny

This came from Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations: It’s written by Claude AnShin Thomas, a Vietnam Veteran struggling with PTSD.  I realize I’ve been struggling with my PTSD, trying to heal it so I could finally “have a life.”  I keep … Continue reading →

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An Anarchist Quaker’s Prayer to Soothe Anxiety

Posted on April 12, 2021 by jenny

This came from Yes! Magazine.  I copied it into a document I call “Resource,” which I go to in times of trouble.  I’m doing really badly right now, and this seemed appropriate.  I wish I could manage to soothe myself, … Continue reading →

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Paradigm Shift

Posted on March 26, 2021 by jenny

Recently I realized that the two worlds I shift between, the one where I’m stuck in depression, worthless, living a meaningless broken life, and the one where I haven’t wasted my suffering, and my work on myself benefits everyone — … Continue reading →

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Navigating the Realms

Posted on March 24, 2021 by jenny

I posted the Story of Persephone because it is such a beautiful description of the two worlds I navigate on a regular basis.  Except that for me the dark realm is most often painful and confusing, with times of depression, … Continue reading →

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The Story of Persephone

Posted on March 23, 2021 by jenny

My friend Elizabeth sent this to me, in the form of photographs of the pages.  It was hard to read, so I typed it up.  And then wanted to share it. In the world of the dead there is no … Continue reading →

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“Stuck in Their Misery”

Posted on March 21, 2021 by jenny

I got an email recently from someone who said I was “stuck in my misery.”  Feeling fortified by the knowledge that I hadn’t wasted my suffering, and knowing that our culture tends to blame people for their suffering, I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Do Not Waste Your Suffering

Posted on March 20, 2021 by jenny

My therapist sent me a link to a video of Dr. Eduardo Duran on “Healing the Soul Wound.” He is speaking to Native Americans who are part of a Family Service organization working to help their people heal from the … Continue reading →

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I choose to trust…

Posted on March 13, 2021 by jenny

Recently I’ve been going through a bad time.  Waking up in the morning feeling disconnected from everything and everybody.  Finally I remembered that when Trump was elected, I dealt with my despair by reciting “Peace, Love, Justice…” even though the … Continue reading →

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Yesterday and Today

Posted on March 6, 2021 by jenny

Friday 3rd cup. coffee.  Going out with Mocha I did my best to say yes to everything.  Yes to cold, to wind, to frozen snow and dirty ice, to the call of a cardinal, to failure to see the cardinal, … Continue reading →

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A Container for Initiation

Posted on February 23, 2021 by jenny

Weller describes the container: What distinguishes these two things is initiation, what I call the contained encounter with death. The containment was provided by the community, by the elders, by the ancestors, by the rituals, by the space itself. In … Continue reading →

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