Big Heart Circle

The Power of Place

Posted by in Inspiration, Nature Awareness, On Earth, Sit Spot Practice, Spring 2015 Newsletter

Envision a quiet pond. On a morning so still that the surroundings are reflected perfectly in its surface. Surely there are many names for this state but let’s assign one to it and call it baseline – i.e – everything in the vicinity is relaxed and following its normal routine. A small stone thrown into the water causes an initial splash, followed by concentric rings of disturbance emanating outward, scattering what was a clear reflection on the surface. Notice how any object protruding from the surface of the pond becomes…read more

You Are Wonderful!

Posted by in Community Updates, Family, Gratitude Corner, Healing, Inspiration, Spring 2015 Newsletter

A small team of us have been collaborating and working with John to create several video clips of him talking about and sharing his poetry – primarily as a means of helping him get more exposure for his recent self-published poetry collection: Moving To Completion. One of the fun clips were able to extract is John telling us, “you are wonderful!” Ever since I’ve known John, he has always poured out this very loving affirmation to everyone he encounters. John had a minor stroke about a month ago. We are…read more

For Robin

Posted by in Gratitude Corner, Inspiration

I’ve been pretty hesitant to include anything about Robin Williams in this shared space of our newly forming newsletter. The fact that he exists in our culture as a “celebrity” makes me tentative about pronouncing his memory here. But the amount of joy, inspiration, hope, imagination, and the unbridled striving for a true life that I received through his expression .. it can’t compare. I live in gratitude and appreciation for the Life he lived, the gifts he gave, not only to me, but to the whole of our circle…read more