Gordon Scarritt
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Refuge: The Art of Retreat
For thousands of years, retreat was the primary vehicle for spiritual and personal development. It was an art, at the center of all the great esoteric teaching of Buddha, Jesus and others. But in the modern fast paced world it became a lost art. Retreat is misunderstood, and carries a negative connotation of defeat, avoidance, weakness and even cowardice. In order to understand the great value that retreat offers all us, we must clear away this misperception by examining the
February 3, 2010
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Learning from Water
Stress and suffering arise as a result of resistance to what we experience. When we resist we actually are attaching to the very thing that we are trying to avoid, thereby creating even more pressure on ourselves. By resisting we turn an experience into an obstacle, making it more concrete than it actually is. So how can we find a more awakened approach to overcoming obstacles and resistance? I suggest we look at the nature of water for some simple answers. Water has an int
March 4, 2009
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Riding the Waves of Change
In this moment of upheaval and change we are all struggling to some degree. We experience this as stress, at work, at home, in our relationships and internally. One of the most effective ways to deal with this stress is to understand that while there is little we can do to change the global conditions, there is a lot we can do personally to come into alignment with this natural and healing movement of change. Change is not necessarily good or bad, it just is, it is the true
February 24, 2009
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