Writer Anne Lamott says that our prayers fall into two categories: Please or Thank You.
The Bhagavad Gita says that every kind of worship is the right kind, even if we come to our chosen deity only at times of crisis (what might be called foul weather faith).
The divine that we choose to bow cares not one iota why you are bowing — that question is of the human realm. The realm of the divine only cares.
I spent the better part of this weekend without the dopamine drip that comes from my Instagram feed, the result of having my account taken down by the new world that looks like 1984. My digital detox was not by choice. It was quite the opposite of what I would have...
I’ve been in my healing era for the better part of three decades. I’ve wept in classrooms as I released generations of trauma from my womb. I’ve driven two hours through the Mexican countryside to have a healer spit mezcal on my back. I’ve sung myself home in sweat...
Here’s a bittersweet pill on your screen: We cannot love without losing. I discovered this when I was writing my book, Letters to My Lovers. And when I first felt this sword in my throat, it stung. Until I learned it didn’t have to. So let me show you how to swallow...
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