Dating Rumi in the Kitchen
Dating Rumi in the Kitchen is a cross between my love of the poet Rumi and my dating life — both about sacred relationship.
Cheryl Marlene
Calming the Energy of Disbelief
This is the energy of disbelief: you standing on the edge of concern, worry or fear. Disbelief wants to convince you that your worry, fear, concern will come true eventually. Disbelief reaches in and hooks your heart, pushing you to let go of self, of center, of balance. Disbelief wants you to dash your own hopes, your own dreams so that it can guide your life away from your heart.
Keeping Dirty Little Secrets
When I speak in confidence to another I want to trust that my inner thoughts shared privately are not publicly displayed. My expectation is my secret is kept. Yet underneath is a place where keeping secrets is hurtful and harmful and will undermine the health and integrity of a relationship. Especially when the secret kept hides a truth aching to be revealed.
Defiance to Failure #2: Small Steps
It would be easy to say that what happened today was coincidence. Meaning that there was simply chance or happenstance involved. A fluke. Instead I believe today was one of synchronicity. For me this means that why it appears that there are no causal links, connections across multiple levels stared me in the face. I couldn?t ignore any of it. For the me the difference between coincidence and synchronicity is that a catalyst is present in the second and not so much in the first. Coincidence happens without intention or pre-planning. Synchronicity is an alignment ignited or sparked by the flow of energy within a situation, often between the folks involved.
Am I too much?
If it?s true that my marriage was to a boy who expected me to do the emotional heavy lifting in our relationship, then it follows that I have never been in a mature adult relationship with a man ? especially one who is willing and able to show up and risk sharing vulnerable, emotional intimacy. And if this is true, then it follows that even though I may have the capacity to reciprocate maturely, I have at best limited experience. And, OMG! I don?t want to screw up the next relationship. I don?t want to get in my own way or scare away potentials or fail to recognize reasonable signals because of a lack of experience. My heart feels so open and so ready to dive deeply and fully and completely and I?m not sure if I know how.
I Became a Pluviophile
Sitting at the back door of my college dorm. That?s the day I joined the ranks. I remember clearly I was on my way to the library on a Saturday afternoon. As I stepped out the door, the wind caught and slammed the door against the wall. I looked up into the sky catching the swirling gray-green of thunder clouds and the warm wet scent of approaching turbulence. Damn! I thought. It?s going to rain.
Receiving at Center
Receiving at Center helps you learn about balance both physically and spiritually. First, think of yourself as a balance between who you are physically and who you are spiritually. Your balance exists within a dynamic continuum called Universal Life Force (ULF). ULF is the motion in the universe that animates and flows within the wholeness …
Defiance to Failure
Several weeks ago, I participated in the second of 10 training hikes designed to prepare for the highest climb in the Columbia Gorge. At 11 miles in length and almost 5000 feet of elevation gain, Mount Defiance poses a sizeable challenge to most hikers and thus the plan of training hikes to build the endurance …
Sugar Kisses
Sugar kisses are sweet pieces of love and electric connection which should be honored with depth and commitment.
The Purpose of Soul Calling
The Purpose of Soul Calling offers an alternative to the more narrow concept of soul purpose. Instead of something you must be told, soul calling is answering the desire within your heart. Let me go into this a bit deeper. Earth is going through a fundamental energetic shift which is changing the agreements of what …
Human Nature is Exploratory
Perhaps an odd statement: human nature is exploratory. Let me explain! I’ve been hiking a lot lately which has me wading through hike descriptions and learning a new lingo. The exploratory hike is an adventure that is new to the hike leader. Either never hiked the chosen path or deciding to attempt it in a …
Into the Mystic
Into the Mystic: hiking reveals truths about our need to be capable and in control, and how it takes strength to rely on our friends. I am the oldest child of an oldest child. Raised to be strong, independent, self-reliant, thoughtful, and always looking out for others. The needs of those younger and less capable …
Road Friends
There are some things you figure out early about yourself and others take a while to work out. I know, as I look back, in high school I felt separated from, a little different than my friends and fellow students. At the time I couldn’t pinpoint the source and often felt the tug to figure …
What is Divine Timing?
Timing as divine is a difficult concept to pin down because human awareness takes in something about this divine aspect of time as being outside, beyond, external.
What is Soul Intention?
What is Soul Intention? There are many ways to answer this question. Here, I describe soul intention from the energetic perspective of Soul Energy Dynamics and the origin of the soul. As the soul enters into individual awareness, there is an immediate attentiveness to the existence of divine source, of All That Is. Through this …
The Present Moment of the Akashic Records
Where do the Akashic Records exist? This is a great question and the answer may surprise you. The Akashic Records exist in this present moment, in the Now. Hmmm….does that mean the Akashic Records are not a book in a heavenly library? Yes, it means just that! Let me explain. As a flow of energy, …
Strong and Smart
A woman fully in the strength of her being is beauty incarnate. She dances with grace. She smiles easily and playfully. She moves in quiet, intentional movement, freely. She acknowledges her challenges and lives with heart. Her life exists in peace, in vulnerability, and in balance. She learns, grows and expands within the amazing infinity …
Learning of My Own Arrogance
Learning of my own arrogance is a painful experience. Allowing myself the opportunity to shift and grow from the experience is both terrifying and electrifying. I’m not even sure of where to start to share this journey because the seeds have long since been planted and bloomed. Kind of like a gardener trying to get …
Creeping White Lies
Have you ever had a profound moment of clarity squeeze through in just one heart beat? The kind of instant awareness in which something gnawing at you breaks free and springs into your consciousness without warning?
A New View of the Akashic Records
Instead of a book, the new view of the Akashic Records begins with this idea: Everything is energy; all energy flows on a continuum between potential and form.