Why the “Great Recession” is Better than Great
Greetings Friends, i once had a vision when i sat in meditation: Now, when you look at this drawing you may think it’s scary—but it’s quite marvelous, actually. The whale in the foreground is beaching itself, coming right up onto the sandy beach to TELL ME SOMETHING. Yet I am running away from it, don’t…
Read MoreHow Yoga Saved My Life
Hi friends, It occured to me the other day while speaking to another seeker of life’s truths, that my relationship with “doing” yoga seems to be more unusual than ordinary. Not that i think i’m so very different from most others. No, on the contrary. I am convinced i am just like everyone else here…
Read MoreOpening to the Heart
Hi friends! It’s been a busy time in the house of Lordflea. We’ve been having lots of bonfires all week, powwowwing and music-making, dancing inside our hearts and outside under the stars. Ever since ol’ mr and mrs Hawk moved into our big tall pine tree, built their nest at least sixty feet high, right…
Read MoreThe Fire of Love
Burning fires. Ahhhhh, how I love it! Love THEM! I know an old man who spent the last years of his life, at least 3 or 4 years in total, just staring into a burning fire…which was constantly attended by those many people who loved him. A lot of wood was burned in that fire…
Read Morea peek at my process
i thought it’d be something new and different to share with you one of my drawings BEFORE it’s finished. So, because i just scanned it yesterday, i give you this image. I won’t tell you what it’s about…i want you to guess! See if you can FEEL what the image is speaking. If you like,…
Read MoreGreat News, my Friends!
Yes, the oil leak in the Gulf may be soon fixed, Obama says on the news this afternoon. BUT…I have some other great news I want to share with you. Today I’ve created a special blog specifically for the world publication of my spiritual autobiography, formerly known as “dharma brat” and now retitled “Outsider One”…
Read Moreexpect MIRACLES
hi friend, yesterday i bought a bumper sticker that says, all glittery and believable…”expect miracles” and i’d like to share about that today. here’s a way i think of that, in plain ol’ black and white: the choice is ours: we can either get totally bummed out about anything–the sickening oil spill in the Gulf…
Read MoreStaying Cool and Calm, or thinking so
hi friends, with so much going on in the world—and in our personal lives as well!—i find it always helpful to remember to keep things simple and to remember what and who i really am. In other words, to always try to not get swept away by the comings-and-goings, the ups-and-downs, the rights-and-wrongs of other…
Read MoreA Great Idea!
hi friends, first of all, in honor of my new Skype spanish tutor from San Jose, Costa Rica, whose internet name is “gringuita” I am putting up something that i blogged about many many moons ago, but she found so interesting that she requested it. so here goes! Some of you who read Lordflea know…
Read MoreNever Give UP
hi friends, it’s a gorgeous day here in st. augustine, florida! the ocean is warming up after such a harsh nino-driven winter. the damaged plants are beginning to unfurl their bitterly bitten faces to the once again benevolent sun. trials, test, storms, continuous harshness–we have survived! just like the plants and animals in nature, we…
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