Convergence is in my life this month with many threads interweaving, touching and informing me. I’m studying and training at Emberlight Center for Conscious Living and Dying as a Direct Care giver. I’m dealing with an in-law’s newly diagnosed illness. My grandson is transitioning from high school to college. All these strands are providing opportunities … Read more
I’ve been here before. At least I recognized a place I’d tasted in a previous meditation retreat when Jack had cancer. I had gone looking for solace from a tree, finding one I could climb up into and lie along a broad branch to hug. But the tree was dead. There was no life force … Read more
Stretching at any age isn’t easy. The adage, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” is couched in the truth of experience. So where does that leave me as a practitioner of the Work in my later years? How do I stretch when I am thoroughly entrenched and comfortable with my practice – even … Read more
Those who work with death and the dying at Emberlight are attuned to an energy shift that occurs as a person enters the dying process. This seems relevant in connection with Easter. At least it was to me. I had the opportunity last week to “shadow” my good friend Lynne. She was taking a turn … Read more
I caught myself monitoring my energy the other day. Jack was away all week at an art seminar, so my time was my own. I’ve seen in the past when that is the case that rather than being more relaxed, I get busier. I was using the uninterrupted hours to pack more into my day. … Read more
If there was a guiding principle for the Claymont Children’s School, it might have been to teach children that learning was fun. As my son was reaching school-age, I became concerned how his vivaciousness would be received in public school. I had visions of him sitting in the corner of a classroom with an old-fashioned … Read more
The importance of aim is central to both Gurdjieff and JG Bennett’s lives and work. A big aim can give purpose to life, small aims can help guide us forward.
How do I stay out of the way? To practice the work for others, it can’t be about myself, but that’s tricky. I need to move aside so something can come thru me instead.
Victor Richard Garbarini, Sherborne II classmate and enduring friend, was born March 4, 1949, in the Bronx, NYC. He died February 7, 2026. He was in the top-notch Inova Hospital of northern Virginia, having recently been quite ill, then diagnosed with pneumonia and cancer. His long-time partner, Kate Dombroski, and her sister Carole were with … Read more
The question, “what is my responsibility” looked me square in the face the other day. What I began to see in response to an internal kerfuffle at Claymont was that neither the event, nor the people involved, were at the crux of the problem. I had to admit my own laziness towards the responsibility of … Read more