listening in stillness | serving in joy

~ by Connie Habash "Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity." ~ The Tao Te Ching, Verse 16 (partial) Ah, serenity. A state of consciousness that many of us long for. The good news is that it's always available to us, right now, when we Return to the Source.   What is Returning to the Source? And how do we do that? As many concepts are in Taoism (and in yoga philosophy), it's very simple, and not easy to maintain.  

Exploring the writings of Teresa of Avila ~ By Ani Vidrine François Pascal Simon Gérard I haven’t levitated very often. The first time it happened I was kneeling in the choir, waiting to go up to the altar and receive Communion. I was immediately distressed because I realized how unusual the experience was and I was afraid that everyone was going to start talking about it. So I ordered the sisters who witnessed it to keep it to themselves. Since I had been appointed as their

~By Connie Habash photo by Vlad Patana on Unsplash.com How do we stay rooted and centered through the many challenges we face in our world? How can we consistently return, again and again, to our connection with the Divine? Trees show us the way.   We humans have the gift of mobility – we walk around and move in a variety of ways, traveling to amazing places. But what we gain with having two legs that can take us a variety of places we lose by our lack of roots. We can feel u

~by Ani Vidrine photo by Moan Rajs on Unsplash.com And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:7) Does it ever seem like your life has become crowded with to-do lists — things that need to be done, things that you must accomplish? It can seem like our reason for being alive revolves around completion of these tasks. Sometimes our minds are consumed by perpetual tho