Gary's Blog
This blog contains reflections from my journal. I am always interested in where others are in their lives in these matters of the soul, so if you are moved to share, please do so. Simply go to the Contact page, or leave a comment at the end of any of my entries. Meanwhile, blessings on your journey.
Below are links to the ten most recent entries. To view more, use the pagination menu at the bottom of each listing page.
Back in the Saddle
As I got into this lecture, it was like coming home. I was back in the saddle of this project I love so much.
My Struggle for Simple Friendship
However, in sharp contrast to these administrative conference calls, facilitating a short conference call for a small group of Pathwork students where I am an assistant teacher spooks me.
Other Identifications
But Pathwork is not about making me a Pathworker! It is about freeing me to be more who I truly am!
"I, A Poor Miserable Sinner"?
For years after I left the church this phrase offended my sensibilities.
Am I a Christian?
Yes, I grew up in a very Christian home, a German Lutheran home, a Missouri Synod Lutheran home. So Christianity was all around me my entire life. But am I innately in my eternal essence Christian?
Using Frameworks for Thinking
As I reflected on Ursula Goodenough’s book from yesterday I realized that all my life I have sought out books that frame the Cosmos and all that is.
Pulling Out of Despondency
I felt myself to be lost in the forest of my life. And I did not like being lost in the forest of my life.
Why Won't I Trust Love?
…On a deeper level I realize that I block seeing myself as a loving person and block receiving love coming toward me.
Feeling Beloved on the Earth
There is a young man talking to an old man, and he asks the old man, “And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?” He replied “I did.”
Living in the Gap
I have been listening to Pathwork lecture 213, The Spiritual and Practical Meaning of “Let Go, Let God.” The lecture is rich and strikes me at many levels, but a particular part of the lecture applies to where I am in my preparation for teaching…