What do sneakers have to do with the soul? A lot when we think of the body/soul connection. My sneakers have a lot to do with how my soul meets life, stands up, moves forward and feels comfortable. The Real Impact of Sneakers on My Soul I just got a new pair of sneakers. They fit […]
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The Surrounding Presence of Spiritual Companions
As I grow older I become more aware how important relationships and the conversations that provide the substance of these relationships are. Of all these relationships and conversations, the most meaningful are often the ones we have with the beings we cannot perceive with our ordinary senses. They are a surrounding presence of spiritual companions overflowing […]
Stillness & Emptiness — A Solstice Imagination
In the next few hours we will experience the Solstice in the outer world. In the calendar of the soul we can imagine surrendering to the three days of soul stillness and emptiness that fall between the release of the old inner year and the beginning of the new inner year. This is roughly the […]
My Inner Autumn Intentions
What do I want to transform or develop over the next 13 weeks of Inner Autumn? What are my inner intentions for developing myself? I thought about an intention of light and another of shadow – the long shadow of the short days of Fall. Here is my light bringing intention: I commit to bring […]
The Equal Night of the Self Aware Soul
Dear Autumn Souls, I began to write this blog on Thursday with the Harvest Moon. Plenty of time to have it done before the Equinox, but as I began to engage with my thoughts and feelings, I went deeper and time passed. So I am sending this to you late. I don’t know how you […]
Intimacy: First Imagine…then Establish
Intimacy is a sacred imagination. How do you imagine intimacy? THE FOUR GREAT QUESTIONS There are four great questions for becoming I and cultivating a conscious evolving imagination of self. 1. How do I fulfill my purpose? The Imagination of Contribution. 2. How do I relate to others? The Imagination of Intimacy 3. How do […]
INNER FESTIVAL – The Tide of St John
By Lynn Jericho on June 23, 2013 in Inner Festivals, Inner Year, New Spiritual Practices, Understanding Your Soul
Inner Festivals ask us, not to recall a great event in the evolution of human consciousness, but to imagine living the event in our own soul and evolving our own consciousness. WHAT IS AN INNER TIDE? In Christian (and Pagan) calendar, tide relates to an defined period of time in the cycle of the year […]
Your Solstice Attention
It is a threshold time of year. We are ending one cycle and beginning another. Thresholds are times to reflect on what was and anticipate what will be. Here are some threshold questions to contemplate. Do find time to sit with yourself, have a cup of tea or a glass of wine, work (don’t just […]
Your Inner Autumn Manifesto
An Inner Manifesto There is nothing in your inner life that wouldn’t benefit from you writing an inner manifesto. A inner manifesto is a declaration of commitment to inner development. It brings together your thoughts and your feelings and points you in a direction of actions that are personally, morally and spiritually meaningful. You make […]
Design, Structure, Questions, Intimacy
I’ve spent the last week redesigning the Inner Spring program on Intimacy. I’m so excited by this program because it makes sense of many of the mysteries of relationship. It succeeds by providing a well-designed process and offering a number of structures or frameworks, that actually help you to recognize, organize, evaluate and evolve your […]