Charlie Van Dyke
By Teal Scott

The Tibetan teacher Sogyal Rinpoche once said. "To die is extremely simple. You breathe out, and you don't breathe in." This is perhaps the best way to explain the transition into death. Or perhaps we should say should say that this is how the transition into death is supposed to be. But this is not the experience most people in the ... read more
William Reed
"Losing Someone Near"

It happens you know more often than not,
We lose someone near and life is distraught.
We miss them now since they have passed away,
Maybe for the things we wished we could say.

Losing someone near is a fact of life,
It does not come without pain or strife.
It holds a rainbow for those who have gone,
To a new life and page in... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
One day I decided to quit…I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality…. I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.

“God”, I said. “Can you give me one good reason not to quit?”

His answer surprised me.

“Look around”, He said. “Do you see the fern and the bamboo?”

“Yes”, I replied.

“When I planted the fern... read more
Laurie Conrad
My dear friend Richard Nowogrodzki wrote the following beautiful and wise poems. Richard is dying of cancer. We first met many, many years ago. Richard would drive me to the Meditation Center in Valois, through the Blueberry Patch, past Tburg, down winding single lanes, when the world was young, when we were young. We have been good friends ever si... read more
William Reed
“The Wings of A Butterfly”


The wings of life are represented unmistakably in the butterfly. One of the Lords most incredible works of life from whence it came and what it is to become. So it is with the transformation of life with the Lord. This is about the same transformation that he made in me and others to whom the story was told.


In my si... read more
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