Anita Boyd

The Integral Christian Conversation: an Invitation

 ... With the encouragement of my teacher, Marc Gafni, I have started a Facebook group called... Re-Claiming Christianity: the Integral Way . http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=310452137339... The intent is to provide an opportunity for conversation about integral Christianity in... Read More

Re-encountering Lectio Divina

After two years of stepping back from my involvement in Fr. Thomas Keating's Contemplative Outreach organization (and Christian community per se), i find myself once again opening 'the book' with the practice of Lectio Divina.  Initially, I found nothing but today, I have had a... Read More

Seeing Mean Green in My Feminism Past

My niece has just discovered/read that her feminism is 'privileged'.  Well, didn't that just plunge me into some very old confusion, anger and grieving.  I was very active in the Women's Movement in the 70's (family day care, family property law, equal or a least better... Read More

'Digital Ambient Awareness' Practice

One month into my 'digital ambient awareness' practice, what am I learning?... First of all, that I need continually to remind myself of my purpose/m.o.: to bring to my awareness and express (via Twitter and Facebook, each in unique ways) what I am doing in or near that moment, and to do... Read More

Understanding Our Own Stories

In listening to a great conversation between C de Vos and Ken Wilber (IN, Dec 07) yesterday, I was struck by how we/I don't know how to integrate/see our own breakdown/through stories even years after they have occurred.  I've become bored with my own dramatic telling of these high... Read More

Digital Journey Group

Travels completed, I return to my ponderings about this particular digital opportunity for 'journey groups'; chances to accompany each other/some others on the journey (for lack of better words).  To simply be present together, not in a teaching, investigative or... Read More

Noticing My Own Regressing

A week of illness provides a surprising number of opportunities to relocate to old fears and habits of (not) seeing.  Perspective closes in.  Maybe I'm starting to feel better, because I can see and feel surprised all over again at the 'small self contraction', I guess. ... Read More

Online Community

I just need to put out in to the community my joy at... understanding something - standing  fully in the stream, the flow.  That I DO embody/conduit/inhabit and am the flow.... Specifically, I just had a coaching session and once again learned that my great enthusiasms ARE the... Read More