Smudge
Your first breath hugged
atoms of all races, all tribes
into your blood,
the flesh of stars,
particles of the ancestors,
Posted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Sep 9, 2023 | Poetry |
Your first breath hugged
atoms of all races, all tribes
into your blood,
the flesh of stars,
particles of the ancestors,
Posted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Jul 24, 2023 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Mysticism |
A lump of soil is the wealth of nations. A fresh wild mushroom is the feast of kings. If we identify with anybody, it’s the broken people, the wounded ones, the minds that have come a little unglued. Because they see everything from the vale of loss that cradles the mountain of wonder.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Mar 16, 2023 | Braided Perspectives, Editor's Picks, Featured |
I Am the Body, I Am the Radiance around the body, and I Am the energy field of this beating bloody heart that extends beyond the stars, enfolding the farthest galaxies.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Feb 8, 2023 | Applied Spirituality, Editor's Picks, Featured |
If I could give you one gift before I leave this world, what I want most to give, and share, is...
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Jul 25, 2022 | Featured, Perspectives |
Thoughts arise and dissolve like clouds in the empty sky. You cannot grasp them, so why try? To realize that you are not under any obligation to believe in your thoughts is the dawning of freedom.
Read MoreThe Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.