Meditation
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Meditation: At the Bottom of the Faerie Pool
The past couple of days I’ve been struggling with a quick, sharp stomach bug. It’s nearly gone now, but it was rough: I lost ten pounds in less than a week. Yesterday evening, I was over the worst of it, and soaking in the tub; and I slipped into the following dream/meditation: The Pool I Continue reading
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Meditation on Money: Becoming the Wolf at the Door
My wife and I are finally having to face up to the fact that we really haven’t done such a great job of handling our money over the last 10 years. When we started out, we were just poor graduate students. We were fortunate in that we didn’t have much debt, but on the other Continue reading
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Archetypes: Subconscious, Spirits, Guides, or Gods?
Recently I’ve begun to wonder whether the cast of characters I regularly meet my meditations are just aspects of my subconscious, or something more. Continue reading
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My Favorite Meditation: Part III
In these previous posts I described the first two parts of my favorite meditation, a three-part sequence which I use to find peace. The first part removes unpleasant feelings and attachments, emptying the mind; the second part fills the heart with compassion and kindness. This third part “locks in” the first two parts by bringing Continue reading
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My Favorite Meditation: Part II
Loving Kindness. This is the second post in a series describing the three-part meditation I do that always brings me peace. The first part, described here, describes briefly how to identify exactly what’s bothering you and release it. This leaves your mind empty, clear, and open. Now you need to fill it up with something Continue reading
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My Favorite Meditation: Part I
Tell me, men of learning, what is Longing made from? What cloth was put in it that it does not wear out with me? Gold wears out, silver wears out, velvet wears out, silk wears out, Every ample garment wears out — yet Longing does not wear out. Great Longing, cruel Longing, is breaking my Continue reading
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My Anima
In my meditations over the past couple of months, I have continually found myself running into a young woman. She has followed me down forest paths, or waved to me in passing, in almost every meditation I’ve done. If I haven’t seen her, I have seen her house in the distance. She isn’t anyone I Continue reading
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Motivation: from Courage and from Fear
As part of my work in the Moon Path for the AODA, I do regular meditations — daily, if I can manage it. (In principle, it’s easy to get up ten minutes earlier and meditate before the day starts. In practice, this requires a consistent bedtime and sufficient sleep. I haven’t managed that yet…) During Continue reading
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