Vanessa | February 2, 2011
Contemplative prayer takes us beyond the form of discursive prayer where we are talking to God and instead we simply (though seemingly impossibly for me right now) hold ourselves still with the intention of being with God.
Vanessa | November 24, 2010
Whether you feel more comfortable celebrating or observing the seasons, sitting in Nature or working in your garden, or learning and developing a new artistic skill, this book had so much variety it would be very easy to find something that worked for you and begin to develop it as part of a deeper and more complete spiritual practice.
Vanessa | November 24, 2010
It’s too rich, too deep and too well-thought out to do anything but take it slowly, one chapter per day, perhaps, or even one per week. The exercises at the end of each chapter, and the realizations they inspire, deserve time in which to ruminate, to gestate, and to help the reader shift their reality.
Vanessa | November 9, 2010
Contacting that energy that is highest, whether we consider it to be within or outside of ourselves has, in my experience, the capacity to convey truths in a simple and profound way and I almost always enjoy the books that are written with this intention.
Vanessa | July 16, 2010
Today’s Osho Zen TarotOsho Zen Tarot spread connects in a wonderful way with the reading I did yesterday on David Smith’s new book, Honoring the Sacred EarthHonoring the Sacred Earth – at least the left-hand cards do. With the right-hand I chose the Page of Clouds: Mind, which I also chose earlier this week, and [...]
Vanessa | July 15, 2010
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” – Frank Lloyd Wright With these words, Smith takes us into Part 1 of 7 in his book, Honoring the Sacred EarthHonoring the Sacred Earth, and his carefully chosen quotes are a lovely highlight in each section, making me feel like I [...]
Vanessa | July 15, 2010
Today, I’ve restarted David Smith’s new book, Honoring the Sacred EarthHonoring the Sacred Earth. I actually began to read it last week but got majorly busy after only a few pages, so I thought I needed to start it again, to make sure I was getting it right. His book (at least the back cover) [...]
Vanessa | July 14, 2010
Three days in a row – three meditation session guided by the insights of my OshoOsho deck. Today’s spread grew of its own accord to four cards, two from the right and two from the left: Right 7 of Fire: Stress 10 of Water: Harmony Left XII: New Vision (Reversed) 10 of Rainbows: We Are [...]
Vanessa | June 29, 2010
One of my tweeps, Rev. David P. Smith, has two books on spirituality that I am really looking forward to reading: Under an Expanse of OaksUnder An Expanse of Oaks and Honoring the Sacred EarthHonoring the Sacred Earth. Even cooler is that right now he is in the Celebrity Author competition and needs votes for [...]
Vanessa | June 29, 2010
I’ve now finished Kryon’s section of the book, as well, as Mary Magdalen’s, and am now almost done the communication by the Hathors. I’m getting the feeling that this is kind of an Intro to the work of these beings, since the Hathors are the only ones I am familiar with to any extent I [...]
