Category Archives: Authors

Song of the Builders — Mary Oliver

Posted on September 7, 2017 by new desert

Song of the Builders On a summer morning I sat down on a hillside to think about God – a worthy pastime. Near me, I saw a single cricket; it was moving the grains of the hillside this way and … Continue reading →

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Remembrance – Rainer Maria Rilke

Posted on August 26, 2017 by new desert

And you wait, keep waiting for that one thing which would infinitely enrich your life: the powerful, uniquely uncommon, the awakening of dormant stones, depths that would reveal you to yourself. In the dusk you notice the book shelves with … Continue reading →

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The Sea — David Whyte

Posted on July 20, 2017 by new desert

THE SEA The pull is so strong we will not believe the drawing tide is meant for us, I mean the gift, the sea, the place where all the rivers meet. Easy to forget, how the great receiving depth untamed … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Weekly Communion with a Virtual Connection

Posted on May 13, 2017 by new desert

Happily sharing an article about our weekly communion @ Spiritual Fizz! Thank you, dear Russ, for the exposure. It is greatly appreciated 🙂 ❤ http://spiritualfizz.com/2017/05/13/spiritual-weekly-communion-virtual-connection/

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The Guest House

Posted on April 27, 2017 by new desert

The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of … Continue reading →

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These Images — Wang Ping

Posted on April 5, 2017 by new desert

Thus like swans, wings wide open in the air, when spring splashes lakes onto shores, where in the woods, wild ducks wheeling in pairs for a love nest, and snakes after spring’s first thunders, slide forth from winter’s fields, when … Continue reading →

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Staying in the Heart space

Posted on January 25, 2017 by new desert

Dear Ones, Our physical Hearts are one of the most vital organs in our human physiology, beating to the rhythm of the Universe and circulating our soul’s essence, our blood. As above, so below: this physical organ is reflected within … Continue reading →

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Winter Solstice 2016 ~ Your Initiation and Rebirth

Posted on December 22, 2016 by new desert

The Winter Solstice, December 21st, 2016 ~ An Initiation. A New Beginning. by L’Aura Pleiadian Immersed in the Darkness, of the Shortest day of Daylight, we celebrate the Darkness and go deeper within. Then we are Initiated into GREATER Light. As … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Gravity — Wendell Berry

Posted on November 5, 2016 by new desert

All that passes descends, and ascends again unseeen into the light: the river coming down from sky to hills, from hills to sea, and carving as it moves, to rise invisible, gathered to light, to return again. “The river’s injury … Continue reading →

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Vespers – John O’Donohue

Posted on October 19, 2016 by new desert

Vespers As light departs to let the earth be one with night, Silence deepens in the mind, and thoughts grow slow; The basket of twilight brims over with colors Gathered from within the sacred meadows of the day And offered … Continue reading →

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