Tracy Rappold
Feel Your Feelings, Even Jealousy
Emotions can sometimes seem unfamiliar and even unacceptable - both to others and ourselves. We may be uncomfortable with feeling a...
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The World Body - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
“Earth Mother, you who are called by a thousand names. May all remember we are cells in your body and dance together.” - Starhawk If...
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March 1 - The One Direction - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
Live deep enough and there is only one direction. No matter whom the apprentice talked to, if she listened close enough and long enough,...
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FEBRUARY 17 - ENDGAME - MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
Now there’s nothing left but to keep dancing. I don’t know if it is human nature or the way of life on Earth, but we seldom become all of...
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January 27 - Being Kind - II - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
“We love what we attend.” Mwalimu Imara There were two brothers who never got along. One was forever ambushing everything in his path,...
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I Say Yes When I Mean No
I say yes when I mean no and the wrinkle grows. -Naomi Shihab Nye There have been many times that I said yes when I meant no, afraid of...
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The Book Of Awakening: How Does It taste?
The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the...
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JANUARY 14 – THE LIFE OF EXPERIENCE – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
So often we anticipate a reward for the uncovering of truth. For effort, we expect money and recognition. For sacrifice and kindness, we...
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January 13 - Why we need each other - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
“A blind child guided by his mother, admires the cherry blossoms.” Kikakou Who knows what a blind child sees of blossoms or songbirds?...
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Seeing into Darkness by Mark Nepo
Seeing into darkness is clarity
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January 11 - Ted Shawn - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
Underneath all we are taught, there is a voice that calls to us beyond what is reasonable, and in listening to that flicker of spirit, we...
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Akiba
When Akiba was on his deathbed, he bemoaned to his rabbi that he felt he was a failure. His rabbi moved closer and asked why, and Akiba...
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LIFE-IN-THE-TANK
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl Mark Nepo “It was a curious thing . Robert had filled the bathtub and put the fish in...
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January 7 - We Must Take Turns - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
We must take turns: diving into all there is and counting the time. The gift and responsibility of relationship is to take turns doing...
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The Spoked Wheel - Mark Nepo
What we reach for may be different, But what makes us reach is the same. Imagine that each of us is a spoke in an infinite wheel, and,...
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January 5 - Show Your Hair - Mark Nepo, Book of Awakening
“My grandmother told me, “never hide your green hair – they can see it anyway.” Angeles Arrien From the agonies of kindergarten, when we...
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JANUARY 4 - BETWEEN PEACE AND JOY - MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
“We could never have guessed, we were already blessed, where we are….” James Taylor This reminds me of a woman who found a folded sponge...
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January 3 - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
“The coming to consciousness is not a discovery of some new thing; it is a long and painful return to that which has alway been.” Helen...
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January 2 - All Fall Down - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
Lead us from the unreal to the real.” Hindu Invocation It was a snowy night, and Robert was recalling the time two springs ago when he...
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