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One Love: Navigating Life by Heart
Teachings and practices on embodied spirituality, our ethical compass, longing for God, and unity.
Test Tubes of Love
In my last post, I mentioned my "test tubes of love." Here's how a used spice kit and some leftover, long, colorful strips of paper helped inspire our gratitude ritual.
Last year I decided to cel…
When Love Happens
Jain Wisdom
We can make the sorrow and suffering into a compost out of which the roses of joy can grow.
— Satish Kumar in The Way of Wisdom
Tibetan Wisdom
Peaceful living is about trusti…
One Last Letter for You, Santa
By Maria Christian for KidSpirit’s The Word issue.
Dear Santa,
Your identity was revealed to me in a book. The book was written for people three times my age, but I read it because it had the…
Origami Flower Blessings
I recently celebrated turning 50 with some simple yet special rituals. On my actual birthday, the spiritual director of my seminary, Diane Berke, asked if I'd like to renew my vows with the One Spir…
New Love: A Short Shelf Life
In this eye-opening article in The New York Times, Sonya Lyubomirsky reveals some shocking details and insights into marriage. American and European researchers found that the joys and pleasures of …
My Neck as a Pleasure Palace
The neck is a busy body part. In the front it contains vessels for speech, eating, blood, and breath. In the back it houses the spinal cord which beams brain signals to the heart and the rest of the…
Mom
Artwork by Ranjita Lama.
Poem by Krish Gurung for KidSpirit's Society and the Individual issue.
My mom is my heart
She is the everything of my life.
Love's Final Form
By Grace Snarr in the KidSpirit Power issue.
Power is not given; it is within us and cannot be taken away. This is a great responsibility and privilege, one that we humans sometimes abuse.
Da…
Happy Anniversary to the Thurmans
Having just celebrated 48 years of marriage with Mary Ann, I was delighted to see Penelope Green's article in The New York Times about the fifty-year marriage of Buddhist scholar and activist Robert…