For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World

I did not used to be a person who asked the universe questions. I used to be a person who lived in a large and light-filled apartment. That person was very certain that what she saw was, for the most part, what she got. Back then, I didn’t believe in mystical design or preordained plans from the cosmos. I didn’t even know what time I was born, nor ... See more

While Gopal acknowledged that “catastrophe is inevitable,” he followed it right up with, “but change is also inevitable; transition is inevitable.” And he laid out some strategies to guide us forward. But how do we proceed at the heart level? How do we break down the walls inside our psyches, reconnect with our neighbors, and take those first steps

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We can hold space for one another and marvel at love’s transformative power, no matter what belief we may or may not adhere to regarding an afterlife. And we don’t have to hold space alone. Wise companions can stand with us. They stand with the intention of reducing our suffering and easing our passage. They stand with us in love. They are the doul

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The intersecting catastrophes unspooling all around us don’t offer an escape from reality, but an intensification of it. So we have a choice: (1) Accept this reality. Accept the full toxic soup of conditions we’ve put ourselves in, as well as the thick, messy, profoundly human dramas playing out amidst it. And awaken to the burdens — of grief, hope

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