Transformation: Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Just as all good stories contain aspects of redemption, and death, so too transformation forms the engine propelling the narrative.
A major character or protagonist is like the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. God used Ezekiel to teach the Children of Israel how to suffer. Protagonists of our stories show readers, in much the same [...]
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Loving Our Characters
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
American Buddhist nun, Pema Chödrön, writes in “Comfortable with Uncertainty” that, “…When we start to meditate or work with any kind of spiritual discipline, we often think that somehow we’re going to improve [ourselves], which is a subtle kind of aggression against who we are…Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become [...]
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