Author Archives: ashley

“Where does one go from a world of insanity?Somewhere on the other side of despair.” (T.S. Eliot) Today is simply a beautiful day in New Jersey…. the air is clear, humidity low, and the sky is filled with puffy white clouds. Funny then.. that i find myself pondering darker emotions. When i read the above […]

When my friend, Mike, noticed that I was reading Marc Gafni, he sent me his personal notes from another book of Gafni’s, The Mystery of Love. I offer these in my continued exploration of love: Love is a perception; to be loved is to be seen. Love is about in-sight. It is the ability to […]

Thank you Chris, for this inspirational offering. Here is today’s post at Parking Lot: This is from “Synchronicity” by Joseph Jaworski. It is from a conversation he had with Francisco Varela in which Varela tells him about the power of being open: When we are in touch with our ‘open nature,’ our emptiness, we exert […]

This poem was shared with my family when my grandmother passed away. It spoke so eloquently to our experience that my grandfather read it at her memorial service. Remembered in Love God saw you getting tiredWhen a cure was not to be,So he closed His arms around youAnd whispered “Come to Me”You didn’t deserveWhat you […]

Being Naked For more tasty treats for your eye’s delight, let yourself indulge in Todd Norman Guess’ delicious gallery.

Many years ago the modern mayan calendar was introduced to me along with a 13 moon calendar. I go through phases of using this calendar as part of my daily practice. Some mornings upon waking, I read about the day’s glyph and tone (The tones are the bars and dots which represent numbers 1-13. Today […]

photo source I’m reading the book , Soul Prints by Marc Gafni. Are you interested in your soul print? “What is your soul print? Your soul print is your spiritual signature. It is the contour and content of your soul–its character. It is more specific to you, and you alone, than the handwriting of your […]