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Writings To Uplift the Soul
Behold this Box
By Charlotte Oakes Behold this BoxIt is a remarkable Box: It holds everything while nothing at the same timeIt is circular and has no corners for things to get stuck inIt is a small Box but there is no limit as to what it can hold or how it will growIt is sturdy...
The Greater Good
One of the ancient maxims about life is for us to “know thyself”. Another was “as above, so below”. The truth we see at any level of reality also applies to other levels. What can ourselves at the physical teach us about life at the planetary level? A popular...
Multi-generational Face Time
The hardest part for me about the Corona Virus pandemic is being separated from my grandson Nolan. For over 6 years he’s been spending time every week with me and I miss him desperately. I have only two consolations in this. It leaves me time to be ridiculously...
Being The Director Again
Good morning, my sisters & brothers! I’m noticing that my tendency to want to control the people and circumstances around me is higher than usual. In the past this would generate in me a lot of anxiety, as I frantically tried to direct the show and all the actors...
Earth Spirituality
Spirituality is a way of living where we find inspiration (or Spirit) everywhere we turn and endeavor to practice getting our ego out of the way so we can let our light shine. Earth based spirituality refers to communing with nature, to sitting at the knee of Mother...
Six Tips for Greening Up Thanksgiving
Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, household waste increases by more than 25%. Food waste, wrapping paper, shopping bags, Christmas cards, bows, ribbons, boxes, decorations, lights and plastic, plastic, plastic add an additional 1 million tons of trash per week to...
Our 2019 Vision
We live by and remain aligned with our current mission statement as it is and as it may change and evolve in the future. We provide a safe place for a growing and spiritually deepening community of seekers and finders of the light. We easily attract those who are led...
Flowing Through Times of Turbulence
I am headed off for our annual rafting trip on the wild and scenic Rogue River. I am so excited that, for the first time, I’ll be able to provide this incredible experience to my nephew (son really) who is finally here with me after a lengthy prison sentence. This...
Write / Re-write Your Own Story
Our lives are the result of the stories we tell ourselves. How we experience this life is absolutely driven by our core beliefs about ourselves, others and life in general. This becomes the lens through which we view everything we experience. Do you believe you are...
Experiencing Beautiful
** pictured: Kevin Kubota and his son getting silly out on the salt flats of Bolivia ** There are beautiful experiences, and then there are Beautiful experiences. I’m pretty sure my very first Beautiful experience befell me while watching my new bride walk down the...
Let’s Change The Game!
Just as the power of Mordor strengthened, threatening the destruction of Middle Earth, the shadows of darkness are covering our world. Every day we hear fresh news about violence near and far. How many mothers and fathers must mourn their children before their tears...
Winter Comfort
Winter’s Cloak By Joyce Rupp This year I do not want the dark to leave me. I need its wrap of silent stillness, its cloak of long lasting embrace. Too much light has pulled me away from the chamber of gestation. Let the dawns come late, let the sunsets arrive early,...