Today we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His words, his challenges to us to align our lives with our professed values are, obviously, yet unrealized in full.
I will let him speak for himself on this day, may we listen to him often, review our own ...
Nathan DeMay
Posted on January 21st, 2019
Next month I will attend the Natural Spirituality Regional Gathering in Toccoa, Georgia for the second year.
The name is a bit misleading-the focus of the event is Jungian dream work, a fascinating and deeply spiritual practice available to all.
At t...
Nathan DeMay
Posted on January 18th, 2019
Recently Gillette ran an online ad challenging toxic masculinity, that is to say, groping, raping, violence, dehumanization etc.
The gist was that these activities are not, to be old fashioned, gentlemanly. I would like to think that this is a pretty ...
Nathan DeMay
Posted on January 17th, 2019
Yesterday I recounted a spiritual practice I sometimes use, inspired by the Buddhist metta meditation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mett%C4%81?wprov=sfti1).
We all carry anxiety and judgment within us, and I’m certainly no exception. One way we expre...
Nathan DeMay
Posted on January 14th, 2019
About ten years ago I was president of my HOA board. I live in a gated community. For the first year and a half of living in the neighborhood, we had no gate because construction was ongoing.
After the last house was finished, the gate went in. It of...
Nathan DeMay
Posted on January 11th, 2019
Another week begins, a new chapter in my life also starts.
Earlier this year we lost our female beagle, Nala. It’s been difficult-she had such a presence, such a personality that her absence has been visceral.
We’ve toyed with getting a cat, or a pup...
Nathan DeMay
Posted on December 10th, 2018
While I was at the Parliament of World Religions earlier this month, one of the things I found really amazing and insightful was an installation by Kirk Dunn. I can’t do his work or the thinking behind it justice, so I will simply point you to his site...
Nathan DeMay
Posted on November 24th, 2018
