Carol Wiebe

. I quoted Sally Kempton a few weeks ago. Now I find myself doing it again. Her book is not one I can read voraciously, like an engrossing novel. Meditating For the Love of It has too many deeply nourishing passages that require slow digestion, careful rumination. Here is a perfect example: Invoking Grace What allows us to relax into meditation, to make our effort without straining? Essentially, it is trust. First, we trust that the Self, the goal of meditation, is real and c

. Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience is much more than a subtitle: it’s a life strategy. It comes from a book by Sally Kempton, called Meditating For the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience. There is much to ruminate on within this book, including Elizabeth Gilbert‘s forward, which is a humourously self-deprecating, unabashed endorsement of Kempton’s approach to meditation. Kempton goes right to the point in the beginning of chapter one: Meditation is not somet

Those breakthrough moments are the ones we long for. That’s when the discipline, the dedication, the extra time in the studio, the color theory and drawing studies, the meditation hours, the self-searching, all fade into oblivion. Breakthrough They weren’t done to make this happen (well maybe just a little). They were done to allow this to happen. #happen #CWWOL20111014 #studies #oblivion #studio #meditation #allow #breakthrough #make

Sometimes, the crossroads is clear. You look one way, then the other, and have an immediate sense of which path to follow. At other times, you only know you are at a crossroads because you feel stuck, not sure which way to go, how to proceed. If you already have practices such as meditation, listening to your dreams, making art, then you become extra vigilant about discerning signs. They are cumulative, and will help you evolve your sense of direction. If you are practicing n

Listening for the promptings of spirit, and seeking to follow them, has been my way of life for decades. In fact, I have clear memories of experiencing a sense of “the Other” as a young child. Therefore, my attention was riveted upon discovering Katherine Treffinger’s brochure, Art of Transformation. On Our Living Dream, Katherine unabashedly reveals her calling to be a mentor and healer for others: In 1980 I had a profound spiritual awakening. As a result I began seeing spir

Flora Doehler is one of those artists whose work gets your attention, and then you fall in love with her life. Or the other way around. Either way, if it hasn’t happened to you ~yet~ I feel compelled to warn you that Our Bear River Adventure is an irresistible read. If Boz (otherwise known as Charles Dickens) was alive today, I’m sure he would subscribe to Flora’s blog. Charles Dickens It all begins with this compelling précis: In the fall of 2007, Flora and Larry moved from