I’m currently taking a class on The Lyric Essay at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. This is the first draft of my essay, which was workshopped in class on Monday (I made only a few small edits since then). I will re-write it and…
The Japanese term for birth is U-MU, consisting of the kototama U, “Being” and MU, “Nothingness.” That is, life springs forth when Form and Emptiness are in perfect balance.— Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido Founder In the previous article, I wrote about…
When receiving a gift, a friend of mine would quip, the Universe loves presence. I have a regular client who took the time out of her busy schedule to see me in person for a reading—she usually does phone readings. As…
Do We Need to Make Our Reiki Stronger? A few weeks ago in my Shinpiden (Reiki 3) class, I proposed the discussion topic of how to make your Reiki energy stronger. Everyone spoke eloquently on how the Reiki energy comes…
That morning my cell phone told me that it would rain all day. It didn’t. But in the late afternoon, thunder crashes assured me that the rain was indeed coming. I had a class that night and decided to walk…
The following is a transcript, edited for clarity, of a discussion we had in my Practical Qabalah class earlier this month. One student asked, Why meditate? Here’s her question and the discussion that followed: D: Meditation, as I encounter it, seems…
When I first started working full time as a tarot reader and Reiki practitioner, I had a Reiki client who was discussing meditation with me. She wanted to have a daily meditation practice and had been successful with a meditation…
