In a future trial to affix blame for the collapse of world culture that began in the year 2020, my two previous blog posts could be “Exhibits A and B” for the prosecution. Because although I was responding to private requests to write something that would help people understand the ways Indigenous worldview could help Read More
Tag: Photographs
Paradox
Spiritual ways of knowing are keyed to the great paradoxes humans face: the complementarity of light and darkness, illness and health, life and death. That the best of our existence is interlaced with perilous and tragic events challenges any sentient being, and it is often in spirituality that we find expression of the mysterious, unspeakable Read More
Heroes in a time of pandemic
Stories in all the worlds’ spiritual traditions tell us of great spiritual heroes who found treasures of incalculable worth in situations most of us would consider unbearably tragic and painful. In the process of doing this, they gave us all another great gift: that of understanding the true nature of reality and the potential for Read More
Spring Birds
Spring birds…and one red squirrel. Spring is an amazing time of renewal. Many of the birds are molting from their winter feathers to summer colors. The squirrels and chipmunks are busy eating up seeds and young leaves on trees so they can feed new babies. It’s a wonderful time of year to sit quietly, listen Read More
The Canyon Hike Series Finale
I hope you enjoyed taking a virtual hike of Nebraska’s Pine Ridge. As the pictures showed, it was a canyon of varying terrain. Some of it burned quite badly, and it will take years before the soil allows regrowth. But, amazingly, most of it had regrown before we left in October 2007 (we had to Read More