From Darkness into Light This week, in the northern hemisphere, we are approaching Winter Solstice and the turn ever so slightly toward longer days and shorter nights. It’s a shifting out from the darkness and
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Staying the course, and the value of course corrections
Staying the course, of course! Or, rather, is it time to make a course correction? “Without paying close attention, it’s easy to get off-course.” Sailing back home from Catalina Island Years back, a friend invited
Read moreSpecial moments in time
Now is all we have, and it’s a lot! One oh so enchanting evening In this edition of Soul Notes we explore what it means to capture those special moments in time. Sitting in front
Read moreFrom idealist to lost in the practice of law
From idealist to lost in the practice of law I set off to the University of California at Berkeley as a budding journalist. What better place, perhaps, than at the home of the Free Speech
Read moreBreaking through and bursting forth…
This is a powerful week in the cosmos! We’re within the arc of a new moon along with an annular solar eclipse (where the sun appears to create a ‘ring of fire’ around the moon).
Read moreWhat does it mean to live and lead from the feminine?
Marching to the beat of a resurging drummer This edition of Soul Notes is devoted to the seemingly ever-emerging resurrection of feminine leadership. By this, I mean not only the women (and men) who are
Read moreForgive a little, forgo a lot
Forgiveness: For the past, or for the now? Close on the heels of Thanksgiving in the United States, I’ve been reflecting on the idea of what it may mean to give thanks for forgiveness –
Read moreEvery time a bell rings
At this time of year when the veil between the physical world and the spiritual world is at its thinnest and most transparent, I’m struck by the emergence of seemingly non-coincidental coincidences. In this edition
Read moreEmbracing Excellence
Close on the heels of the Olympic Games, I recently found myself contemplating excellence and what that means in today’s world. I discovered, as it turns out, that along with respect and friendship, excellence is
Read moreTrust what you hear when you listen
“Trust what you hear when you listen.” — This is a line repeated in the Japji (Song of the Soul), as translated from the original Sanskrit. What does it mean to truly listen? And, to
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