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Month of heartbreak

By Carolyn Baker | February 19, 2014

Graffiti of pierced bleeding heart with dark spot

I saw grief drinking a cup of sorrow and called out, “It tastes sweet, does it not?” “You’ve caught me,” grief answered, “and you’ve ruined my business, how can I sell sorrow when you know it’s a blessing?” -- Rumi Valentines Day will may be a distant memory but the entire month of February has been designated American Heart Month. This means that for twenty-eight days … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: David Whyte, Francis Weller, Pema Chödrön, Rumi

Staying on the train

By Carolyn Baker | January 27, 2014

time flies sign

The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end. -- Rabindranath Tagore Nearly every day I speak with people who are confused, bewildered, disoriented, or conversely, extraordinarily clear about what is happening to them. A few years, months, or weeks earlier, they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: climate change, collapse, Fukushima, near-term extinction, peak oil, Rumi, Tagore

Despair: Every hour offers a choice

By Carolyn Baker | October 25, 2013

man sitting in despair

PART 4 OF 5. This article is the fourth part of a five-part series by Carolyn Baker on dealing with the emotions aroused by the collapse of industrial civilization, “What Collapse Feels Like.” Read the entire series here as it becomes available. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: "What Collapse Feels Like", die before you die, Fukushima, hospice, making meaning, Rumi, Victor Frankl

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