Category Archives: Spirit

Kornfield on Activism

Posted on May 4, 2011 by jenny

(Written in October 2008) Reading Jack Kornfield yesterday I came across a passage on Activism, and the need for sanctuaries where activists can rest and renew.  I found it very validating.  He writes about Quaker friends who were working as … Continue reading →

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Helen’s Celebration

Posted on April 27, 2011 by jenny

(Written in March 2008) We gave Helen a good send off last night.  More than 20 people.  Helen was an older woman who had danced with us for ten years.  She died a couple of weeks ago.  We got together … Continue reading →

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Bleak Again

Posted on April 24, 2011 by jenny

(Written in February 2006) Bleak again.  No warmth anywhere.  I feel desperately alone, yet I don’t want anybody to come for fear they would be disapproving and rejecting.  This is the cold of rejection.  This is outer darkness.  I’m outside … Continue reading →

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Shambhala Warriors

Posted on April 18, 2011 by jenny

I went to a workshop with Joanna Macy at Rowe in early October 2005.  She spoke of a prophecy about the Kingdom of Shambhala that she had learned about from her Tibetan friends.  She said: “This is a time when … Continue reading →

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Another Bad Night

Posted on March 22, 2011 by jenny

(Written in September 2008) Another bad night.  Heat in my chest and elbows — I think I remember that one from ‘96.  I’m doing my best to accept whatever is going on, thinking of it as a shamanic illness. I … Continue reading →

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Redemption

Posted on March 17, 2011 by jenny

I’ve been thinking about redemption since I wrote yesterday’s post.  It’s not a word I use.  But it’s the only word I can think of to describe those moments of relief when one’s most shameful secret is told to a … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Goudge

Posted on March 16, 2011 by jenny

Elizabeth Goudge is a British writer who published 16 novels from 1936 to 1970.  She also wrote short stories, children’s books, and books about Christianity.  I was lucky to find her during a period of severe depression, and lucky that … Continue reading →

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Bleak

Posted on March 5, 2011 by jenny

(Written in August 2008) I’m in some very bleak place staring at a very bleak truth.  I really don’t believe that I have any worth or value in myself, I really profoundly believe that the people who are my “friends” … Continue reading →

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Radiant Priestess

Posted on March 3, 2011 by jenny

(This was written in July 2008, just before I crashed really badly.  I had been feeling so much better, and I thought I had “really gotten there” i.e. arrived at a place of health and strength.  But I was actually … Continue reading →

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Treasures in Heaven

Posted on February 21, 2011 by jenny

(Written in January 2011) -25°.  A white world and a clear sky.  The waning moon in a clear sky looks like a jewel lying on silk, an opal maybe.  There are no words for how beautiful it is.  As the … Continue reading →

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