Category: The Spiritual Path of Grief

Soon after Kelsey died, I told my friend Judith that my heart would be more at peace if I really knew that consciousness continued beyond death. I thought I was speaking of a spiritual matter. I had no idea it was also a matter of inquiry for neuroscientists. Neuroscientists understand a great deal about the…

Within twenty-four hours of learning of Kelsey’s death, I felt compelled to write. I’ve often wondered how writers find their subject. Through dreams? Through personal experiences? Through a persistent question? My subject found me. I filled journal after journal with my musings and was never without a notebook in which to jot down my reflections.…

7/23/25 What do I do with the rage I feel when I see our neighbors kidnapped by unidentified masked men? When I learn of abusive detention centers and flights funded by our tax dollars to countries well-known for their human rights abuses so that immigrants, many of whom are guilty of no more serious a…

7/18/25 Last week I attended a large family reunion. Some of the attendees had very different political and religious views than mine, but for the sake of the children and to maintain an atmosphere of mutual caring, we refrained from any discussion of politics and affirmed the value of our relationships. That warmed my heart,…

“You were born from a ray of God’s majesty And have the blessings of a good star. Why suffer at the hands of things that don’t exist? Come, return to the root of the root of yourself.” –Rumi Throughout our lives we are given intimations of our true nature, “the root of the root” of…

“You must discover that place in you that already lives beyond death and begin to live out of it now.”  The words shimmered on the page when I read them in an online class on Conscious Aging[1]  taught by contemporary mystic and author, Cynthia Bourgeault. The quote from Bourgeault’s monastic teacher, Brother Rafe, provided both…