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This is a guest post by Andrew Cort. In more primitive cultures, a sacred ‘presence’ was part of one’s normal experience. The gods of Homer’s Greece, for example, were part of everyone’s daily life. The sharp difference that we ascribe to secular matters and sacred matters would make no sense to a Shaman. In the [...]
Nature is amazing. One thing I have learned is that we can always go to Nature for answers and guidance. Being still and present in Nature allows inspiration to flow. Nature is healing. This is the basis of ecopsychology. This summer I was told, “You just don’t get it.” The conversation was left at [...]
Active listening is a vital skill that should be developed through practice. Most of us do not give our full attention when we are listening but are planning on what to say next or we are judging or evaluating what is being said.
Once upon a time there lived a little girl, a princess actually, named Alexandrea, or Alex as who she was known as. Alex was a free spirit, not wild, just herself. Her mother and father, the Queen and King, were very busy people. Attentive, kind of, but preoccupied. Affection and love didn’t seem to flow [...]
The Butterfly by Nikos Kazantzakis I remember one morning when I discovered a cocoon in the back of a tree just as a butterfly was making a hole in its case and preparing to come out. I waited awhile, but it was too long appearing and I was impatient. I bent over it and breathed [...]
Buried deep are lost, maybe forgotten treasures. I’ve been spending time redesigning the Whole Living Today blog making easier to navigate. In doing so, posts from the early days have been unearthed. Here are a few of the more popular older posts: The Seesaw An Island of Feelings Signposts Along the Path of Spiritual Growth [...]
Chances are if you are reading my blog posts, there is a thread of commonality between us. Some of what I write about resonates with you. We connect on some level. There are so many ways to express thoughts or ideas. Isn’t that why we devour reading material? And then, after coming across the same [...]
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