Day: September 5, 2016

A Continuing Dialogue with Maia Dalma: The great revealing has begun, and each of you are a beautiful part of it. By Maia Dalma

September 5, 2016 Alison Bell 0

This is a response to the article before this, what Maia Dalma likes to call a teachable moment. I love such moments. You have painted a beautiful portrait, Alison. Of a seeker seeking self. A journal can be an interesting and valuable tool. It leaves more than memories behind in its pages. Here is a teachable moment, that in your innocence you have just now invited. Consider the lesson that appears now in the blank page that stares back at each of us in ‘our’ journal as yet unwritten. Light another candle, Alison, and sit quietly and look upon the [-MORE-]

Your Great-heart

September 5, 2016 Alison Bell 0

I started journaling in my teens to try to get in touch with the whomever it was that had been with me all my life and used to talk to me when I was a kid, and to understand why the world hurt so much. It evolved into a practice of getting up before dawn in those blissful hours where the world is asleep and it is so very quiet and writing with the light of a candle. It usually ended when I blew out the candle because it was light outside. I wanted to heal the damage done to [-MORE-]