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Love the One You’re With

August 12, 2014

A note about this week’s post: I wrote this week’s blog post yesterday afternoon.  Just before posting, I read about the death of actor/comedian Robin Williams from an apparent suicide.  He had recently been suffering from severe depression and had struggled with alcoholism and drug abuse for many years.  I lost a dear friend to […]

No Sleep til Pluto

August 4, 2014

“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.” ~ Henry David Thoreau The term “moving toward a new horizon” is used to describe a journey to new ways of thinking, living or being, usually indicating an improvement in one’s current situation or […]

Manifest Infinity

July 25, 2014

“Stop acting so small.  You are the Universe in ecstatic motion. ~ Rumi I teach a morning yoga class at a lovely swim club in the nearby foothills.  Every week I like to introduce the students to a new mudra.  Mudras are what I like to call “hand yoga”.  They are gestures of the hands, […]

Begin with Me

July 17, 2014

“Make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light…” ~From the Prayer of St. Francis In the 1987 movie, Roxanne, the lead character is taking an evening walk and […]

Philosophia Ritornata

July 9, 2014

“The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.” ~  George Santayana Welcome to the first post on the new home for The Philosopher’s Spoon Blog! If you have been following the blog recently, you know that a few weeks ago I discovered that the hosting […]