I love rituals – they mark the ending of one stage and the beginning of another – ending singledom, beginning couple-dom – ending fall, beginning winter. I like the demarcation of completion/commencement. Six women (two whom I barely knew, but cherish as of that evening) gathered on the eve of the Winter Solstice to honor... Learn More

My demands sound like the usual suspects: have to, should, ought, need, must. However, while I won't admit to being a Southern Belle, by osmosis I have learned more subtle ways of getting my way (which seems to be a nicer way of saying "demanding"). It sounds like a question ("Would you mind opening that... Learn More

Kathleen Murray asked a question (paraphrased), "How can you discover and prevent the counter-vision from sabotaging your conscious vision … before it's too late?" Good question. Personally, there are times when I am so clueless about my counter-visions, I unwittingly participate in weakening the possibilities for manifesting my chosen vision. In those cases, I learn... Learn More

In graduate school, I became intrigued by systems – from quarks to universes – it seems everything exists within a system of larger/smaller entities, each entity affecting others in and out of the system. James Lovelock proposed the Gaia principle that all physical components of the Earth are closely integrated to form a complex interacting... Learn More

I can think of two things that override the vision we have embedded in our Reticular Activating System (RAS). The first one we can do nothing about – the mystery of God/Life/Reality/Universal Light. There are some things beyond our ken, that we are too finite to comprehend. That Reality surpasses all others. Fair enough. Faith... Learn More

Kathleen Murray sent me an email about the Reticular Activating System (RAS), saying it sounded like the movie, The Secret. I don't know for sure what the movie makers were thinking, but it makes sense to me that there is a biological, scientific explanation for why visualization works. The point of departure for me, regarding... Learn More