Tweet “If we take up the ideal of being servants of the world, rather than creators, we may find a path toward self-knowledge and a middle way that serves all of humanity and the earth’s inhabitants We may not be ‘great’ in the sense of superiority to others but rather in the humble greatness of…
Category Archives: Spiritual Journey
Melted Snowflake
Tweet each of us like the water of a melted snowflake a tiny lake existing for a moment –Terry Chitwood Impermanence Meditating on impermanence, my ideas dissolve in the sunlight of a new dawn. My thoughts like shadows scatter before the approaching light. A temple bell rings inside my heart. The song of the skylark…
Solitude
Tweet “Solitude has a double meaning for Jung in The Red Book. On the one hand, it suggests the need to distance oneself from others in the pursuit of one’s work, one’s individuation, and one’s soul. On the other hand, it suggests the capacity to ‘live with oneself,’ after scrutinizing and critiquing oneself in the…
Barren Branches
Tweet barren branches bathed by moonlight light-blue sky alive in the night barren branches reaching for the mountain paths not taken –Terry Chitwood Withered Fingers The spiritual path through life has many branches. Some barren . . . withered fingers pointing in many directions. A crooked path . . . beckoning. The black,…
It’s God’s Money
Tweet I wrote an article titled “The Christian Trader: God’s Money” on 3/19/13 for my trading blog, Trader Educator Online. Today, I was inspired to revisit the topic. Recently, I refinanced my house at a great interest rate. During the closing, the bank paid one-half of my real-estate taxes out of escrow. Yesterday, I called…
I am the Wind
Tweet I am the wind that moves my pen across the page I am the wind that blows letters into words I am the wind that falls like a waterfall off my mountain mind Bringing the scent of lilacs to the valley below –Terry Chitwood A Living Connection This poem is an expression of Celtic…
Silence as Shadow
Tweet “In Catholic mysticism there is a path known as the via negativa—the practice of emptying the self of its own will, desires, and even knowledge, in order that the soul may be filled by God. Poetry offers a similar path, rich with nondoing. It is found first in the relationship between speech and its…
Psyche as Poet
Tweet Speaking about the poetic psyche, Slattery writes, “The images are mindful ways of gathering an emotion into a bundle and then allowing the emotion to inform the image, even be the image.” Later he states, I learned that poetry can provoke poetic responses [from the psyche]” (“The Soul’s Claim: Choose it or Lose It”…
Follow the White Bull
Tweet Each Moment A White Bull Steps Shining Into The World If the gods bring to you a strange and frightening creature, as if it was one you had chosen. Spare no expense, pay what is asked, when a gift arrives from the sea. –Jane Hirshfield (ten poems to change your life again &…
How To Defend Yourself Without Even Trying
Tweet How To Defend Yourself Without Even Trying was first published in softcover in 1981. It went through three printings and became a small-press bestseller. Buyers reported that the book appeared to jump off the bookshelves, grabbing their soul’s attention. I had numerous telephone calls and letters from readers whose lives were positively changed by…
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