Whitehawk Spirit Training Solstice Bulletin
Dear friends,
After a long and much-needed hiatus from writing, I am back refreshed and ready to begin my newsletter. I am playing with different formats, so bear with me. The big change is that I am only going to publish the letter seasonally (that is, four times a year).
The mountains are green, the weather is beautiful, my rose bushes are blooming like there’s no tomorrow, and Sprite, my West Highland White Terrier, is enjoying his backyard once again with abandon here in southern Oregon.
Just over a year ago, I lost my dear friend Taylor to complications from AIDS. Specifically, he told his partner to tell everyone not to send flowers, that he would send them to us shortly. Last year I received my roses from Taylor. This year my roses came from another dear friend, Ron, who has been gone for just over six months and whom I miss more than I can express. In fact, I am choking while writing these words. I didn’t know it was possible to feel so alone, and yet mystically I feel his presence with me all the time. In my darkest moments, I can feel his arms around me like I do now. So my friends, appreciate your loved ones and take every opportunity to express that love and appreciation to those who matter most to you. Our place in time is not forever, so live and love without regrets.
REFLECTION:
For this month’s reflection, I have once again resorted to the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and martyr of the Resistance to the Nazi War. This passage comes from A Testament for Freedom and I urge you to take it deeply seriously. It is a message that we must hear and remember on a daily basis. Imagine how different the world would be if each person measured their value for love in their lives. The passage is as follows:
“A life has meaning and value only to the extent that love is in it. Furthermore, life is nothing, nothing at all, and it has no meaning or value if love is not in it. The value of a life is measured by how much love you have. Everything else is nothing, nothing at all, totally indifferent, totally unimportant. All the bad things and all the good things in life, all the big and small things in life are not They are important. We are only asked about one thing: -Whether we have love or not … Life is not really worth living without love. However, the whole meaning of life is fulfilled where there is love. Compared to this love , everything else pales into insignificance. What does happiness and unhappiness mean, what does wealth and poverty mean, what does honor and misfortune mean, what does it mean to live at home or abroad, what does life mean and death where people live in love? They do not know. They do not differentiate. e the sole purpose of happiness, as well as unhappiness, pove Both wealth and wealth, honor and disgrace, to live at home or abroad, to live and die is to love more strongly, purity and fullness. It is the only thing beyond all distinctions, before all distinctions, in all distinctions. ‘Love is as strong as death’ (Song of Solomon 8: 6) “.
Ask yourself these questions:
Are you a candidate for spiritual coaching?
Have you lost your moral compass somewhere?
What is missing from your life?
What would you like to see materialize that is not?
Do you feel like you are spinning your wheels at times?
How would you rate yourself in terms of the love in your life?
Is your spiritual life ebbing?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you can benefit from spiritual life coaching. Email me or call me for a free initial consultation. Also, from now until the Fall Equinox (September 21), I am offering a special introductory rate to my coaching practice: $ 150 for 3 sessions or $ 450 for 9 sessions. That’s a savings of $ 100 and $ 300 respectively.
Also, take advantage of this Special Referral Offer, for every person you refer to me who becomes a 9 session customer, I will credit you $ 100.00 on your next session package. Keep this in mind and follow your heart!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
“Identification and overcoming of spiritual obstacles”
July 14, 2007 10:00 am PDT
Free round table.
to register and a bridge line number and code will be sent to you
PRAYER / MEDITATION REQUESTS:
I would like to invite each of you to email [email protected] or call me with your prayer / meditation requests. There is so much power available to us when we unite with common energy into a single energy, at a single Source. You can be sure that I will pray / meditate for you and your request every day.
Ultimately, I hope to turn this into a prayer / meditation circle where we are all united for each other. Also, rest assured that your anonymity will always be respected.
DVD OF INTEREST:
“The Secret”: available online at [http://www.thesecret.com]. My highest recommendation.
WEBSITE OF INTEREST:
http://www.SusanLevitt.com (Susan has been a personal friend, mentor, and spiritual teacher of mine for almost 15 years. She is a highly talented Tarot reader / teacher, astrologer (both Eastern and Western), and Feng Shui expert who resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. As Susan’s logo says, “Answers to Your Most Important Questions,” she delivers with style, compassion, and grace. She’s also fairly reasonably priced and is the author of 5 books. Please check her website; better yet, book an appointment with her !! My highest recommendation.)
BOOK (S) / NEWSPAPER (S) OF INTEREST:
Eric Elnes, The Phoenix Affirmations: A New Vision for the Future of Christianity, Jossey-Bass, 2006. (This short book removes the accumulations of centuries and returns to the message of Jesus of Nazareth, and it was about time!)
“The Progressive Christian: Faith and the Common Good”, published 6 times a year by the Wesleyan Association of Boston, Box 458, North Berwick, ME 03906 (formerly published as “Zion’s Herald”). (A captivating look at the academic and apostolic work of “progressive Christians”; this newspaper is ecumenical, enlightening, thought-provoking, and upholds a lot of common sense. At $ 32 / year, it’s well worth the price)
I wish you all a wonderful summer, a safe vacation, and time well spent with your loved ones. I’d love to know what you would like to read in these newsletters, so feel free to call or email me with your suggestions. Look for your next issue of this newsletter around September 21. And please check my website frequently for updates on various posts and activities. I am working on an article to introduce my current “Spiritual Community” titled “The Slippery Slope of Techno-Isolationism,” as well as an article on Values for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, of which I am excited.
Until then, live fully, love profusely, and be all that you can be.
Yours on the journey
