Great Egret Takes Flight
AGAMI (a poem)
AGAMI
by Steve Margolin
Shlayma Zalman!
Huh?
Shlayma Zalman!
Winged Insects as Soul Symbols
Recently I got to see a “butterfly release” in the park. A woman and her daughter who grow a butterfly friendly garden, had raised Monarchs and were releasing them into their native habitat. From there, the butterflies would live for two weeks, but the third generation would live for eight months and migrate from New York’s Hudson River to a mountain top in Mexico that they had never seen or known. (more…)
Swallows in Northern California
Swallows blending heaven and earth at Five Mile Bridge in Bidwell Park, in our former home in Chico, California.
Passover in the Desert with Wilderness Torah
Passover in the Desert with Wilderness Torah is an annual multi-generational celebration that takes the spring Festival of Freedom back to its wilderness and dessert origins.
Sharing Circle: Water From Underground
Filling Your Well
Some of the ways I fill my well are: Torah study, prayer, meditation, time in nature, exercise, talking to loved ones, going on retreats. For some people it may be gardening, art (doing or appreciating), poetry, literature.
Right now, are you overflowing, or feeling dried up? What are your sources of inspiration? How do you refill your inner wellspring? Do you dip in regularly? (more…)
Sharing Circle: Wind and Spirit
Sharing the Spirit
Join the virtual Sharing Circle and comment here to share your experiences with wind, spirit, scent, or any of the other themes in this Gateway.
A few questions to get you started: (more…)
Sharing Circle: Mountains
Peak Experiences
Have you had an experience of trial, vision, spirituality or exaltation in a mountain environment?
Have you had a “peak” experiences (at any altitude)? What was it like?
Do you have any practice or do anything to nurture peak experiences? If you have one, how do you bring it “down the mountain” into your everyday life?
Sharing Circle: Wilderness and Desert
Wilderness and Desert Experience
How do you empty your mind of clutter and find the awe?
Have you had a formative or healing experience in the desert, or in any wilderness setting?
What does the Midbar mean in your life, whether as an actual location or a state of mind? (more…)
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