Dear Friends As a writer on the inner life, I hope this site will be a source of inspiration. Great thinkers across time have urged us to explore the hidden dimension within and to cultivate our deeper nature, that part of us that is called the soul. What goes on in our innermost being, said the poet Rilke, "is worthy of our whole love." Or, as the ancient Greeks counseled, “Know Thyself.” This includes mindful attention to our feelings, thoughts, and nightly dreams, as well as those moments when we sense a greater reality operating behind the everyday world. Soul friendships, family, solitary reflection, conscious political engagement, or simply observing the cycles of nature are other ways to cultivate the deeper side of life. Another way is through reading and study. The medieval monk Thomas a Kempis wrote that he sought peace, “but found it nowhere, save in a corner with a book.” May you find on the pages of this website a few words to remind you of those things that really matter and that give meaning to life.Many Blessings!
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