Motherhood has always been a balancing act, and it’s probably more of one now than ever. The Internet, blogging, and social media have added a whole new dimension to the demands many mothers face. And it often isn’t simply a matter of choice. Many women feel called to blog or write in general. I talk […]
Write without Writing
“Intuition cannot be produced. It has to be allowed to happen. But that is just what the rational mind cannot endure. It wants to control everything. It is not prepared to be silent, to be still, to allow things to happen . . . . [Active passivity] is what the Chinese call wu wei, action […]
The Taoist Writer: Creating Soul
You ask me why I make my home in the mountain forest, and I smile, and am silent, and even my soul remains quiet: it lives in the other world which no one owns. The peach trees blossom. The water flows. –Li Po (The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry edited by Stephen Mitchell, […]
Why Write?
“WHY WRITE? THERE ARE, AFTER ALL, other ways to access internal wisdom. You can pray. You can meditate. You can work with a mental-health counselor or hypnotist. You can participate in religious rituals, visit a spiritual director, or see a shaman . . . . There are many routes into inner consciousness, so why take […]
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