“Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the sun, and that makes them beautiful.” ~ Jim Carrey Just outside the yoga deck, hidden within a secret garden, at Sunflower Retreats. Happy Belated Summer Solstice! Regular Philosopher’s Spoon readers may have noticed that my posts have […]
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Saluto al Sole
June 26, 2015
Meta
May 18, 2015
“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” ~ Joseph Campbell When most people think of the word metaphysics, the common meaning that comes to mind is “beyond physics” or “the study of what lies beyond the physical world”. However, the origin of the […]
To the Nth Degree
April 23, 2015
“Everyone has faith in God, though everyone does not know it. For everyone has faith in himself, and that, multiplied to the nth degree, is God. The sum total of all that lives is God. We may not be God, but we are of God – even as a little drop of water is of […]
Spring Green
March 31, 2015
“To quote another gospel, Dune, by Frank Herbert, ‘Fear is the mind killer.’ To stay mindful, you have to not live in fear.” ~ Stephen Colbert What if money actually did grow on trees? Spring is here. Outside my window, the big tree, barren of leaves for the last three months, has just begun to […]
Shake it Up
March 16, 2015
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Spring is almost here, the time of planting, rebirth, fresh starts and new beginnings. Gardeners know that before one can sow the seeds of spring, one must aerate the hardened winter soil by breaking through the top layer and turning over fresh earth. […]
Pranayama Primavera
March 4, 2015
“You may have the Universe, if I may have Italy.” ~ Giuseppe Verdi Spring will soon be here, the time of new beginnings. After the exhale that is the fall season, and the pause before inhaling that winter symbolizes, spring is the time of the year when we begin to draw a new breath. Spring […]
A Little Free Library
February 24, 2015
“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” ~ Andrew Carnegie I often take a walk around my neighborhood, both for exercise and to daydream. The other day I was heading down a […]
Sealed with a Bliss
February 13, 2015
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.” ~ Helen Keller Valentine’s Day is the day in which we celebrate matters of the heart. Whether you look forward to Valentine’s Day or would rather avoid it, a lovely way to harmonize your mind, […]
Literally Figuratively
February 2, 2015
“No one is yet using figuratively to mean literally; the confusion, such as it is, is all in one direction.” ~ Ammon Shea I am literally writing these words on Groundhog Day. Whether Punxsutawney Phil actually saw his shadow this morning or not, there are literally six weeks and four days from today until the […]
Slow Down, Step Back
January 24, 2015
“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. ~ Voltaire At the risk of sounding like a stereotypical Californian, I’ve been having a Mercury-retrograde week. For those of you not astrologically inclined, when the planet Mercury appears to be in retrograde motion, all sorts of mischief is said to occur: missed […]
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