by Lynn Jericho | Jun 15, 2013 | Sense of Self, Understanding Your Soul |
I am using paternity instead of fatherhood because, for me, paternity has a distance living in it. It’s not a cuddly word smelling of aftershave. It doesn’t make me think of being tucked into bed or watching the Thanksgiving turkey being carved. I don’t get...
by Lynn Jericho | Jun 4, 2013 | New Spiritual Practices
THE SEASON OF PARENTAL MYSTERIES In my studies and research of the cycle of the inner year I have recognized the role of Sacred Days, Feasts or Festivals – a single day when we celebrate an event every year. and Sacred Seasons – a period of many days, even...
by Lynn Jericho | May 26, 2013 | Sense of Self, Understanding Your Soul |
Comforting, it’s different from a break, a vacation, or a reward. It not about chocolate, massage, or a trashy novel. Let’s begin with exploring discomfort.. What experiences make me uncomfortable? Certain thoughts, certain emotions, certain activities. There is...
by Lynn Jericho | May 17, 2013 | Inner Festivals
Pentecost, the most social of the Inner Festivals, is a great gathering in an upper room. I wonder at this image of the upper room. What is it? Where is it? How do we prepare to enter it? Here are my thoughts. Let them inspire your own imaginations. Take a moment of...
by Lynn Jericho | May 7, 2013 | Wisdom of Selfhood
In a few days, we celebrate Mother’s Day and for most of us it is a very complex celebration. Is it a day for mothers regardless of their strength in mothering? Is it a day when every year, year after year, we acknowledge the woman who gave birth to us, including the...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 20, 2013 | New Spiritual Practices, Sense of Self, Understanding Your Soul
The Basics of I course began last week, but you can listen to the first session and still register for the entire course. It truly is the missing manual on being human. See the examples I give below. There is a series of books written about the computing hardware and...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 16, 2013 | Sense of Self, Understanding Your Soul
The Boston Marathon, bombs exploding, life not making any sense. These are times when It is hard to have any sense of self, of being human, that makes any sense. Yet these moments of horror, confusion, dismay and ungroundedness are exactly the moments when we must...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 10, 2013 | Sense of Self, Understanding Your Soul |
Today is a fiery New Moon in Aries. Venus and Mars are dancing very close to each other in the sky and relationships are very much alive. I’ve been deeply impressed by the mature brilliance of Esther Perel, a couples therapist in NYC. I watched her TedX Valentine’s...
by Lynn Jericho | Mar 30, 2013 | Inner Festivals |
I wish I could say I have a glimmer of understanding or feeling of resurrection. I have a belief in the Resurrection, but not an experience of it. Perhaps that is why we retell the story of Easter every year. Would we need to tell it, if we had the inner deed alive in...
by Lynn Jericho | Mar 29, 2013 | Inner Festivals |
Welcome to Hades, to Hell, to the Burning, Isolating Sea of No Redemption. Is this a familiar place for you? It is for me, especially in the middle of a sleepless night. The Entombment How do you inwardly bury yourself or parts of yourself? Just choose one of your...
