Archive for Illness
I am speechless with excitement because I just discovered that one of my favorite poets, Dorothy Walters, has her own blog: Kundalini Splendor. It is filled with »»
Filed under: Beethoven, Birth, Blogs, Dorothy Walters, Healing, Illness, Making art, Mystics, Poetry, Stigmata, Virgin Mary, creation, creativity, womb | Beethoven, Birth, Blogroll, creation, creativity, Dorothy Walters, Illness, Making art, Poetry, Stigmata, Virgin Mary, womb|2 Comments
Christine over at Abby of the Arts (one of my favorite blogs) posted this Meister Eckhart quote last week, and I can’t stop thinking about it:
All beings
are »»
Filed under: Birth, Illness, Joy, Making art, Meister Eckhart, Poetry, Rilke, Spiritual Path, artist as vessel, fear, womb | artist as vessel, fear, Illness, Joy, Meister Eckhart, Poetry, Rilke, womb|9 Comments
Love came and emptied me of self,
every vein and every pore,
made into a container to be filled by the Beloved.
Of me, only a name is left,
the rest »»
Filed under: Abil-Kheir, Acceptance, Art, Binding of Isaac, Illness, Judaism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender | Abil-Kheir, Acceptance, Binding of Isaac, Illness, Judaism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender|2 Comments
Over the past 6 months or so my hands have almost completely contracted into fists. I have limited movement in my two index fingers and a bit »»
Filed under: Acceptance, Blogs, Guillaume Apollinaire, Healing, Heeah Lee, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Video, surrender | Acceptance, Blogroll, Guillaume Apollinaire, Healing, Heeah Lee, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender, Video|8 Comments
During the first part of this video, I was close to tears. I’ve written about my deep connection to Hildegard’s life before. In college, I even made »»
Filed under: Blogs, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Vickor Frankl, Women Mystics, creation, creativity | Blogroll, creation, creativity, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Scleroderma, Victor Frankl, Women Mystics|8 Comments
This is really worth watching all the way through. It’s a woman speaking about her spiritual awakening during a stroke.
Filed under: Healing, Illumination, Jill Taylor, Mysticism, Spiritual Path, Video, Women Mystics | Healing, Illness, Jill Tayor, Mysticism, Spirituality, Video, Women Mystics|2 Comments
One day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I can’t live where I want to — I can’t go where I want to »»
Filed under: Artists, Georgia O'Keefe, Guidance, Healing, Illness, Joy, Making art, Matisse, Spiritual Path | Georgia O'keeffe, Guidance, Healing, Illness, Joy, Matisse, Spiritual Path|6 Comments
So today I’m allowed to lift my arm for the first time in a week. I still have to wait to lift it above my shoulder, but »»
Filed under: Alchemy, Creation Myths, Earth, Georgia O'Keefe, Goddess, Healing, Illness, Jesus, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Virgin Mary, creation, womb | Alchemy, creation, Creation Myths, Earth, Garden, Goddess, Healing, Illness, Jesus, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Virgin Mary, womb|1 Comment
So, I’m back home. Everything went great. I’m still a bit hung-over from the anesthesia, but otherwise feeling well. Amazingly, so many of the people (the nurses, »»
Filed under: Gratitude, Healing, Illness, Kukai, Poetry, Spiritual Path | Gratitude, Healing, Illness, Kukai, Poetry, Spiritual Path|8 Comments
Detail of one of my paintings
Tomorrow, January 9th, I’m going in for minor heart surgery. I will be discharged on January 10th. I know the Divine is »»
Filed under: Annunciation, Art, Blogs, Cycle, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, Illness, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, fear, surrender | Annunciation, Blogroll, Cycle, fear, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, Illness, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, surrender|8 Comments
With all the excitement of the holidays, I haven’t had much time to make art. I haven’t been sleeping well- a sure sign that I’ve abandoned my »»
Filed under: Artists, Making art, Mystics, Spiritual Path, Video | Annunciation, Art, artist as vessel, Artists, Blogroll, creation, Earth, Heidi Thompson, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Jesus, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Spiritual Artists, Spirituality, via negativa, Video, Virgin Mary|6 Comments
You are in love with me,
I shall make you perplexed.
Do not build much, for I intend to have you in ruins.
If you build two hundred houses »»
Filed under: Gratitude, Healing, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Rumi, Sadness, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, surrender | Gratitude, Healing, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Rumi, Sadness, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, surrender|3 Comments
I have been inspired by so many who have shared their own mystical experiences, Hildegard of Bingen, Alex Grey, Meinrad Craighead, & Gartenfische to name a few, »»
Filed under: Annunciation, Art, Artists, Blogs, Christianity, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Prayer, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Virgin Mary, artist as vessel, womb | Annunciation, Art, Artists, Blogroll, Chistianity, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Prayer, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, Virgin Mary, womb|7 Comments
I’ve been thinking about a comment Gartenfische left on my post exploring St. Francis’ early illness about pain being a constant, but suffering being a choice. What »»
Filed under: Blogs, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, St. Francis | Blogroll, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, St. Francis|1 Comment
I’m reading St. Bonaventure’s (1217-1274 CE) Life of St. Francis. Early in St Francis’ life, before he embarked on the path to sainthood, he became seriously ill. »»
Filed under: Bonaventure, Illness, Mysticism, Mystics, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, Stigmata | Bonaventure, Illness, Mysticism, Mystics, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, Stigmata|4 Comments
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