Gather 'round…
“With each day, we have this choice: we can build walls, block ourselves from the light, and suffer a dampness in the soul. Or we can live barely, shine on through, and suffer the nicks of erosion for living in the open.” ~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening Don't get hung up on the... Continue Reading →
“The Bible says that no one can see God and live. In a transferred sense, no person can see himself and live. All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and contours. You feel the inspiration of its possibilities and the wonder of its... Continue Reading →
One month ago I started an inadvertent journey here at kjottinger.com. I broke from our usual fare, and broke some itinerant streaks of silence. I was so rattled by the election that morning that I didn't know how to move forward. Grief for the humanity I was sure would prevail wracked me. In an effort... Continue Reading →
“... This story invites us to honor each obstacle as something flowing in its own right in the Universal stream, to see ourselves and the obstacle as two limbs of the same tree drifting in the same river, bumping into each other, and even blocking one another for a moment. Looking at obstacles this way,... Continue Reading →
“May all that is unforgiven in youBe released. May your fears yieldTheir deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in youBlossom into a futureGraced with love.” ~ John O’Donohue, To Come Home to Yourself Just a Monday blessing. That is all.
“It’s common to believe that life is a series of external experiences... If we focus on what’s going on inside ourselves–sensations, emotions, the patterns of our thoughts–a wealth of material can be found. Our inner world is every bit as interesting, beautiful, and surprising as nature itself. It is, after all, born of nature. When... Continue Reading →
"Breathing in, I know I am breathing in.Breathing out, I smile.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus Such simple instructions, so hard to follow. The bar, I would like to remind you, need not be so high. In meditation, certainly, but it's never just about meditation... Click here for just a few things... Continue Reading →
“… the angel of relationship can only appear when our hearts pump our eyes open. It is such a powerful feeling that many things can go wrong. I can feel an aliveness that I think is only in you because it has been awakened between us. So I might only want to be with you... Continue Reading →
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”~ Arundhati Roy, War Talk What might that breath sound like? Hope, I should think. Maybe the wind dropping in on a quiet lake out of nowhere. Or the cold rattle of winter oak leaves shielding... Continue Reading →
“Night after night darkness enters the face of the lily which, lightly closes its five walls around itself, and is purse of honey, and its fragrance, and is content ... Continue Reading →
“… imagine the human family as a stand of aspens growing by a river. Though each tree appears to be growing independently, not attached to the others, beneath the soil, out of view, the roots of all the trees exist as one enormous root. And so, like these trees, our soul’s growth, while appearing to... Continue Reading →
“Become what you already are.”~ St. Gregory of Sinai “To change radically means waking up to reality as it really is, not as we presume it is.”~ The Monks of New Skete, In the Spirit of Happiness No one tells the seed to change. No one would call him incomplete, lazy, disappointing. He just is.... Continue Reading →
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Tales From the Nexus 