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- Giving up the poker
- The year of relationship?
- It’s just life
- I am with friends
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- Perfection
- A blue robe and Advent
- People Who Tell Me How I Feel
- Word of mouth around the world
- The new future on a milestone day
- Thanksgiving, Black Friday, & Consciousness
- Thanksgiving
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- 11/11/11
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Care of the Heart
As I began working on this blog, I was in turmoil. I was "trying" to create something worth posting, but it was an effort. I had things going on in my life that I needed to tend to. Nothing was working and I didn't know what to do or where to turn. Then, over the course of four mornings, I received, on waking, a song each day. On the fifth day, these lyrics from Gordon Lightfoot's "Alone Again, Naturally," wouldn't leave my mind: There are more hearts broken in the world that can't be mended, left unattended. What do we do? What do we do? I wondered, after the lyrics stayed with me on a drive across town and in the shower and broke in during conversation...if it was telling me something. If you've been on a journey of discovery, you will likely know exactly what I mean, and how something as simple as a song, received as a message, can change your life. For most of that afternoon I experienced a heightened sense of awareness, mainly of a bodily type that I don't experience often. And finally, when I got time to sit with it, two things came to me. The first was that it was about A Course of Love. A Course of Love could mend broken hearts. The second was: Care of the Heart. Care of the Heart may be a shameless take-off on Thomas Moore's Care of the Soul, (which I loved and credited with starting my spiritual journey) but it came to me in this way -- we need to know how to care for our hearts. I've had more experience (like most of us) with not caring for my heart than with caring for it, but those experiences may have prepared me (and you) for a time of really wanting and being consumed by the desire to care for our Hearts. We wonder...how do we do that? What does it mean? How do we define heart? And yet...there is a sense that this is known to us. Despite not knowing quite what I have to say about this, I knew it was, somehow, what I have to say. And so I'm beginning this new journey and sharing it with you...this exploration of what it is to care for, and take care of, our hearts.Blogroll
- A Course of Love's website
- Andrew Harvey's website
- Ann Lamott on How to Find Out Who You Really Are
- Brene Brown's website
- Celia Hales's Blog
- Earl Purdy
- Elizabeth Lesser on Being Broken Open
- My other blog, Spit and Vinegar
- My other other blog, Pubjournal
- Occupy Together
- Poetry for the Soul
- Purchase A Course of Love
- Purchase A Course of Love at Barnes & Noble
- Purchase The Dialogues of A Course of Love
- Purchase The Treatises of A Course of Love
- See Mari's first books: The Grace Trilogy
- See Mari's latest book: The Given Self
- Spanish edition of A Course of Love
- Spirituality and Aging
- Spring Forest Qigong
- The Given Self
- The Heart Embodied
- Tikkun Daily
- We are the 99%
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Unbalanced and Perfect
I received a notice from Kathy Scott Perry, the organizer of Miracles in the Mountains, telling me that my link to the Miracles in the Mountains conference that I will be speaking at, takes you not to that conference but … Continue reading
Happenings in Colorado
Two notices I will be speaking at the Miracles in the Mountains Conference with the Scribes October 12 – 14, 2012 The Abbey in Canon City, Canon City, CO. See the Event page for details or visit www.miracles promotions.com A … Continue reading
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Giving up the poker
I came in from the cabin this morning already a little distraught over how I’m living my life. As soon as I “want to get something done” this mood is sure to come over me. It doesn’t matter so much … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Gathering in Dialogue, giving up, Meridel LeSueur, true vocation
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The year of relationship?
We’re just beginning to get a bit of light snow, the kind you can barely see. It’s been such an odd winter. People around here joke that we missed it, or it us. There have only been two days all … Continue reading
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It’s just life
It’s been so long since I’ve written that I feel the re-entry bends, the feeling that I “stepped out” of the practice, the routine, the sharing…and now what? How do I catch up? It’s like this conversation I had with … Continue reading
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I am with friends
A Course of Love, as I reminded my grieving friend Terry, is about our humanity as well as our divinity. Terry is grieving for our mutual friend Richard, who died on the 9th. His services are today. Since I was … Continue reading
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Katie time
I was late walking Sam this morning. Day was beginning to dawn when the school bus came around the corner. That was when I realized that it was an ordinary weekday; a Tuesday. I’d been on Katie time. Katie is … Continue reading
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Merton’s contemplation
I know myself well enough to not be surprised by the deep desire to hibernate that arises in me almost the minute Christmas has passed. It descended heavily last night. As I readied myself for bed, I looked over at … Continue reading
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Perfection
It’s solstice, and I thought I’d share a few photos I took on my morning walk before the snow melted. We had a dusting yesterday right after Henry’s Christmas pageant at his pre-school. It was such a wonderful day! At … Continue reading
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A blue robe and Advent
Another December day so glorious that it surpasses all the very fine ones that have come so far. I am in the cabin in nothing more than my hoodie. Sam came out with me and got a really disgusted look … Continue reading
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People Who Tell Me How I Feel
I’ve been thinking of starting a list, or a file, or …who knows…a book, about People Who Tell Me How I Feel. I am not talking about those who actually talk to me and might say, “You’re mad” when I’m … Continue reading
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Word of mouth around the world
My friends in Norway just took part in an alternative book fair. Storker (an architect by trade) built the booth where they presented A Course of Love. The whole series will be published in Norwegian next year. I thought of … Continue reading
The new future on a milestone day
Oh my God, I am so, so, happy today! So happy as I ran out to the cabin after a morning out and about, then ran back to get the camera to catch 2nd snow pictures of Unfuckupable Man, then … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving, Black Friday, & Consciousness
I almost didn’t come to the cabin today, thinking it would be too cold. It felt awfully cold when I first walked out but there’s nothing like the way that freshness hits you. You get out in that, and … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving
I watched a “new” Christmas movie with Henry last night (at least it’s not an old classic, which are the only ones I usually watch). It was on a channel with regular commercials too, something I also don’t usually have … Continue reading
Snow and the near poor
It started yesterday morning with snow that came in at a slant and was very fine. It filled the path to the cabin with grains as light as sand. A little later, the flakes fattened up but this still left … Continue reading
Humanizing and Dialogue
Tuesday night, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish gave a talk at the Jewish Community Center here. He was speaking of the tragedy that befell his family, and of his book, “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, dialogue, Dr. Abuelaish, humanizing, Jewish Community Center, solidarity
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Empowerment and Dialogue
On Sunday, I attended the initial meeting (first General Assembly) of the Occupy St. Paul movement. Before I write about that, I want to clarify something. It’s about my use of the word “we.” I’ve gotten some subtle yet … Continue reading
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Tagged A Course of Love, empowerment, Occupy St. Paul, social activism
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11/11/11
Creation of the New was submitted for publication today, and will bear the publication date 11/11/11. It will be available for purchase sometime within the next ten days. When I went to the Institute for Sacred Activism, I went with … Continue reading
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