Sara Campbell

“According to Biblical myth, human beings were at one with all the dumb animals of the earth until we ate of the Tree of Knowledge, whereupon we became a race divided against itself. On the one hand, the gift of consciousness brought the glory of independence; on the other, the punishment of separateness. Now we were proud but lonely. The

The realm of dainin—great people or true adults—has yet to begin. You could say that we are now living in an era of barbaric humanity, a sort of prehistory. We haven’t yet begun a historical period of true humanity. Now, it’s just primitive human beings being led by the nose by greed. It’s like a frenzied world of people just scraping and clawing

“You had to withstand a profound sense of wrongness if you ever wanted to get somewhere new”

• Miranda July in All Fours

And if there’s one thing I know it’s that writing comes out of tension, tension between what’s inside and what’s outside.

Mind-body experiences are an invitation to go on a journey of exploration and self-inquiry. The value of experience is that it is engaging. It lets people find answers for themselves, have a stake in what they create, and then share their discoveries with others.

Images of the devoted, peaceful mother have always been safe. Such images have always been acceptable in all cultures, even patriarchal ones; but there’s another level of reflection of the primal feminine experience that has not been present and that both men and women long for. And this is an experience that comes from the intuitive sacred

Desire as an Obstacle There is often a lack of understanding of the function of wanting and desire. The main illusion is seen in the statement, “The only way that I’ll get what I want is by desiring it; if I let go of my desire, then I won’t get what I want.” Actually, the opposite is true. Desire, especially strong desire (e.g., cravingness),