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Every Day Is Christmas
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Every Day Is Christmas

video | 3 min a fun and heartfelt Christmas carol

“Made me want to hug my mom.” :)

Reinventing Christmas #2: For many years I led Christmas carols at the annual gathering of Adyashanti's nondual meditation community. I wanted to include some fun songs in the mix, but all the truly fun songs lacked depth of meaning. So I wrote my own!

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The Blind Men and the Elephant
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The Blind Men and the Elephant

video | 4 min the ancient tale set to rhyme by John Godfrey Saxe

It was six men of Indostan
to learning much inclined
who went to see the elephant,
though all of them were blind,
that each, by observation,
might satisfy his mind . . .

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A New and Ancient Christmas Story
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A New and Ancient Christmas Story

video | 3 min in honor of the divine feminine

“I got chills.”

Reinventing Christmas #3: In the wintertime of 2014, I noticed that in our “western” culture there is no archetype of the holy girl child. I thought, What if Jesus was a girl? This poem unfolded over the next 6 years or so.

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Reason for the Season
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Reason for the Season

video | 4 min a rap about the true meaning of Christmas

“Ahhhh this was slammin’! I love it!”

Reinventing Christmas #1:
We’ve all heard the story about the guy
with the first name Jesus and the last name Christ.
Born long ago, yet we still remember
with a birthday party at the end of December. . .

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Rumi’s Caravan 2016
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Rumi’s Caravan 2016

event | 2016 — Santa Rosa, CA, USA

Sharing my original poetry at Rumi’s Caravan in 2016

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Charles Eisenstein Retreat at Esalen 2016
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Charles Eisenstein Retreat at Esalen 2016

event | 2016 — Big Sur, CA, USA

Here are downloads of what I shared and other links/resources mentioned during this “The Space Between Stories” retreat with Charles Eisenstein at Esalen Institute.

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Rumi’s Caravan 2013
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Rumi’s Caravan 2013

event | 2013 — Santa Rosa, CA, USA

Sharing my original poetry at Rumi’s Caravan in 2013

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