Category Archives: Spirit

Guidance

Posted on February 18, 2017 by jenny

I don’t know when I stopped asking my Guides and Guardian Spirits for guidance.  I didn’t stop consciously for some reason, I just stopped and only realized it when a lot of time had gone by.  Recently I was with friends, … Continue reading →

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Struggle to Lift My Heart

Posted on February 2, 2017 by jenny

Rosten, quoted by Fox, in Hildegard:  “The purpose of life is not to be happy.  The purpose of life is to matter; to have it make a difference that you lived at all.”  p xi I like that a lot, … Continue reading →

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The Enormous Regenerative Power of Mother Earth

Posted on December 17, 2016 by jenny

So many people have been writing about how they are grieving the damage humans have done to the earth, and their fear that we will damage the earth irreparably.  As a scientist, and one who knows that the best we … Continue reading →

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END OF THE LINE: THE WOMEN OF STANDING ROCK

Posted on December 7, 2016 by jenny

Quote from the fundraising page for a documentary being made by Shannon Kring. As you can see, they have already got the amount they asked for. “It’s very simple. We have to have water for life. And so we’re petitioning … Continue reading →

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Wisdom from Children

Posted on December 7, 2016 by jenny

This happened at the Water Protectors camp at Standing Rock: One morning, a 14-year-old girl asked those sitting before the sacred fire to reflect upon the trauma that may have occurred in the lives of the pipeline security guards who … Continue reading →

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Some Tremendous Compassion

Posted on December 5, 2016 by jenny

Woke up feeling bleak again.  Very disappointing when the news is good — the DAPL is stopped for the moment.  Well, I hope there will be some serious rethinking, and in particular a serious study of environmental consequences. which has … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2016 by jenny

I’m thankful for Mocha.  I’m thankful for a body that’s in pretty good condition.  I’m thankful for my friends.  I’m grateful for food to eat and a roof over my head. A visit with a friend.  I told her I was … Continue reading →

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Bearing the Cosmic Pain

Posted on November 15, 2016 by jenny

“Let go of any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of pain entrusted to you. Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, each one … Continue reading →

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Etty Hillesum

Posted on November 15, 2016 by jenny

Etty Hillesum is a Dutch Jew who died in Auschwitz in November 1943.  Before she died she wrote a journal that she started in early 1941.  Her writing shows her growing spiritual strength.  I have gone to her for help … Continue reading →

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Here is the Plan…

Posted on September 1, 2016 by jenny

This is a piece of writing I did in Writers for Recovery.  “Show up,” and “Pay attention” are from Angeles Arrien’s Rules for Life. Here is the plan: First, do not turn on the Computer Do not read emails Do … Continue reading →

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