a glimpse of my authentic life
With chaos in the world, and lately in my life, I began to feel that I’d lost the poet in me, the lover of Beauty and Truth. My last two posts contained too much complaining, too much exposition on the ongoing dramas of day to day challenges. They were, indeed, a glimpse of my authentic life, but not necessarily the best of my authentic Self.
Some of you might know that the actor Richard Chamberlain died on Saturday, March 29, at the age of ninety. It was this event, oddly enough, that led me to write this piece. First, a short tribute to an enormously gifted actor and remarkable human being. As memorial posts scrolling through Facebook all week reminded, it was the TV series Dr. Kildare…
As some of you might know, on June 21 I fell and fractured the proximal humerus of my right arm/shoulder. It was only afterwards that I realized that that day, the day that it happened, was the full moon, the summer solstice, and my father’s birthday to boot. Being somewhat sensitive to large influxes of cosmic energy, I’m surprised…
I live a quiet life these days, although not one without challenges. At seventy-seven, for me this has become a time for going within, for expanding awareness, for learning to love and take good care of myself. And also for reflecting upon where I’ve been and where I want to be now.
Last Saturday was the final monthly seminar with my Wisdom Healing Qigong teacher, Master Mingtong Gu, for the Living Tao mentorship program I’ve been involved in during the past year. The theme Mingtong presented at our meeting was “self-love as a path to freedom.”