Category Archives: Spirit

The Spiritual Importance of Community

Posted on April 25, 2016 by jenny

Enduring Grace is a book by Carol Lee Flinders about seven women mystics of the Middle Ages.  I have found a lot in this book that is helpful to my spiritual practice.  The last woman she writes about is Therese … Continue reading →

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“Surrender”

Posted on April 11, 2016 by jenny

I talked to my friend who said of my recent blog post about “Living Well” that I was in reactive/responsive orientation instead of creative orientation.  I did some thinking about this.  “Reactive/responsive” is choosing what to do with things that come at … Continue reading →

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The Five Gates of Grief

Posted on March 17, 2016 by jenny

The Five Gates of Grief are listed by Francis Weller in The Wild Edge of Sorrow.  Quotes from the book are given in italics. The First Gate: Everything We Love, We will Lose I remember when Shenanigan died, and Bella, … Continue reading →

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Kinship

Posted on January 4, 2016 by jenny

I feel like I’m at the end.  I have no energy to fight this depression with.  Well that’s not totally true.  I got out of bed.  I did my breakfast routine.  I went to Father Greg on YouTube hoping he … Continue reading →

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Grace is Always Coming Down

Posted on December 25, 2015 by jenny

News flash!  I just saw that the Jenny Erica sees is big enough to hold the Jenny I experience, hold her with compassion, and tell her “You are OK just as you are.  You don’t have to “heal” or “be … Continue reading →

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Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason

Posted on December 14, 2015 by jenny

A friend posted this on Facebook, Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason, and I was angry at first, because I don’t believe that things happen at random.  But as I read through the piece, the author was speaking about using … Continue reading →

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Meditation for Peace

Posted on September 21, 2015 by jenny

Monday, September 21 Today is International Peace Day.  Many people will be gathering to pray for peace in the world.  We gathered yesterday at Neskaya to meditate for Peace.  We wrote our hopes on white dove pieces of paper and … Continue reading →

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Go Bernie Sanders!

Posted on September 19, 2015 by jenny

Normally I don’t pay a lot of attention to politics, it makes me so angry and depressed.  A friend sent me this quote from a speech he gave at Liberty University, which is “deeply religious” and started by Jerry Falwell. The … Continue reading →

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Kindred Spirits

Posted on September 18, 2015 by jenny

At the end of August I went to a gathering at Rowe Camp and Conference Center of Kindred Spirits.  I decided to go because it was the last of the three weeks my therapist had been away, and I was … Continue reading →

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Process Toward Feeling OK Just as I Am

Posted on August 31, 2015 by jenny

Friday, August 21 I went in to Karen feeling lost.  I said “I don’t know what to do with my life” and saw it stretching grey before me.  Karen was very fierce “Your dancing, your art, your writing…”  She said … Continue reading →

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