The SDI Blog: Stories of Companionship

Endings are always beginnings. Think of your life story as a circle instead of a straight line and you will see why. This practice, inspired by a poem by Christine Valters Paintner (read it all below), intends to open our awareness to the healing connection between what has been – and who has been – and what is.

When this has passed may we say that love spread more quickly than any virus ever could, may we say this was not just an ending but also a place to begin.

He was crying – head down, shoulders moving with his sobs – and without knowing what was causing his deep pain – my heart broke. I began to pray for guidance. How to support him?

Blessings are a form of alchemy; the energetic structure of the words will change the structure of you as a person.

“Do you hear what I am saying?” This question is one for us all to discern on and see how it resonates.

The desert invites us to go into the vulnerable places inside to face and to let go of what we find, to leave the God we know and meet a God we don’t know and can’t possibly imagine.

Your practice will really build after people who have come to you for direction start sending their friends. Word of mouth will always be your number one marketing tool.

I am a contemplative who savors the scent of the divine in all things. A mystic who loves silence, Hindu chant, centering prayer and the teachings of the Buddha…Being spiritually fluid has been a source of great joy for me, this following of my spiritual heart.

Find harmony within your mind (research and planning), heart (feeling of peace), and body (sensation of alignment).

“Shifting our identification from the ego to the heart-mind is the beginning of individual spiritual work.” ~ Ram Dass, “Be Love Now”

A companion of the Way is an empty thing — like Chuang Tzu’s Useless Tree.