“Justice, most of us believe, is when we send bad guys to jail. We imagine that we can point out the few who get caught and that then we can think of ourselves as a fair society. But we don’t dare convict the whole system of massive injustice and deceit. Maybe we are refusing toContinue reading “Be a Seed”
Author Archives: Natalie
A Piece for Peace
When hope feels thinand once againwe wake to headlines written in smoke,we ask the same old questionin a newer, louder voice. War. What is it good for? When the sky glows red in places we have never been,and yet somehow it is our own horizon burning,how do we handle it?How do we keep our heartsContinue reading “A Piece for Peace”
Spirit Walks the Dog Podcast
The first episode of Spirit Walks the Dog drops today, Mar 3! New episodes every other week! Available wherever you find your podcasts Join us today for a conversation about Spirit in everyday life …
Intention Matters in Real Ways
“In the 1980s, during the peak of the Lebanon War, an incredible study was conducted. “It was hypothesised, based on many previous smaller experiments, that if enough people were connected in meditation, stimulating a ‘powerful field of peace’ within – that there would be a radiated influence of peace without, ie. one that affected theContinue reading “Intention Matters in Real Ways”
Do The Small Work
“If we just worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever little work I can do. I try to give joy to one person in the morning, and remove the suffering of one person in the afternoon. If you and your friends do not despiseContinue reading “Do The Small Work”
Change & Responsibility
(Taken from a letter written to a friend …) I understand the cyclic movement of change requires the dissolution of what is in order to make room for the new. Gardening, history, archaeology, and geology, among other studies, require this awareness of movement. Archaeology in particular is a good lesson in the ebb and flowContinue reading “Change & Responsibility”
To Be Peace
Please send thoughts and imaginings and prayers only of love and compassion to everyone right now. Hold in love those who are grieving, frightened, heartbroken, abused in any way, protecting the vulnerable … and also love for those who are angry, aggressive, broken inside, so alienated from their own innate holiness that they wield theirContinue reading “To Be Peace”
Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate
A few people have told me about spiritual teachers or personalities who have said that Trump is a light being, doing light being work, and what do I think about that … so here’s what I think about that. (Maybe don’t get hung up on an idea before reading all the way through.) Everyone isContinue reading “Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate”
Energy Flows Where Attention Goes
Interrupt worry, gently and persistently. Interrupt your imagination’s pictures of futures that don’t exist yet and may never. Introduce a memory of beauty, a possibility of laughter, rest, or fellowship. Imagine every soul lifting into itself in relief, realigning our collective potential toward a so far unimaginable collective peace. We are creators. Energy flows whereContinue reading “Energy Flows Where Attention Goes”
Mystics & Prophets
“The key to living as a prophet-mystic is showing up for what is, no matter how heartbreaking or laborious, how fraught with seemingly intractable conflict and how tempting it might be to meditate or pray our way out of the pain. Contemplative practices train us to befriend reality, to become intimate with all things byContinue reading “Mystics & Prophets”