Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest Post by David Rivinus “I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through; listen to this music!” That quote, from the 14th Century Persian mystic and sage, Muhammad Hafiz, is one of my all-time favorites. His poetic reference to Spirit being “the Christ’s breath,” and his admonition to open ourselves […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest Post by David Rivinus When my niece was 6 years old, she lived with us on a pleasant street in the suburbs of Los Angeles. One of our neighbors, Wendy, was cordial and, from time to time, we would socialize amiably. But, one day, she took me aside looking ashen and said, “I’ve never […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest Post by David Rivinus It is early December in beautiful rural Vermont. The snow is already a foot deep, and today the sky is cloudless—a vibrant blue. Veronica is meditating on this scene from her picture window. Suddenly, she watches as a Cardinal, flying full speed toward her house, crashes into the “invisible” glass […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Guest Post by David Rivinus The home of a woman named Ann abuts a wilderness area. She is used to wildlife. But even she was startled when, one balmy afternoon, while she was enjoying a tall glass of iced tea in her garden, she looked up in time to watch a mature bald eagle land […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Guest Post by David Rivinus In my metaphysical classes, I am fond of saying, “Whatever you perceive is you.” And I am hardly alone in this understanding. Deepak Chopra puts it this way: “Look out into the world, and what you will see is a mirror of yourself.”1 My favorite adage on this subject comes […]
Michael Avery received a business degree from Linfield College in Oregon, where he also played shortstop on their 1971 National Championship baseball team. His post-college love of sports extended to Alpine skiing, tennis, and martial arts, earning a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He also studied Environmental Technology, specializing in non-chemical drinking water treatment. […]