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Erin Sawyer Soper (A Candle In The Wind)

May 2, 2022 by bofaw 2 Comments

It turned out that fire was one of the most important elements in the Biodesign experience. Typically, every day of our studies at Yosemite and Mendocino ended with a circular celebration around a campfire. Often the combination of heat, light and the transformation of solid wood into gaseous flames served as a metaphor for mental … [Read more…]

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Cosmic Wonders and Wanderings

July 8, 2020 by bofaw 2 Comments

About fifty years ago, long before I knew what a Jungian synchronicity was, I experienced one that still resonates with me on every clear night. I was the father of a two-year-old daughter and on a whim one evening, after her bath, I took her out to see the stars. At the tender age of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Half Dome, soul medicine, spiritual evolution, spirituality, Yosemite Temple

Anne Frank—Dealing With The Covid-19 Virus.

March 25, 2020 by bofaw Leave a Comment

On the third day of complying with Napa County’s “shelter-in-place” edict, my mind drifted back to happier times at Yosemite Valley. Typically, during the Class orientation session on the meadow beneath the watchful eye of Half Dome, I shared Anne Frank’s reflection: “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to … [Read more…]

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John Muir—Professor Butler—Kything

October 7, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

The word “kything” became more widely known in 1973 when Madeleine L’Engle published, A Wind in the Door. Evidently she was looking for a term that described soul-to-soul communion and found the word, “kythe” in an 1856 Scottish Dictionary. I was elated by the glorious synchronicity that, although I don’t recall John Muir ever using … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Half Dome, John Muir, Kything, rainbow, Yosemite Temple

St. John of the Mountains

April 16, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Happy 181st Birthday John Muir: April 21, 1838 After whimsically describing John Muir as, “St. John of the Mountains,” I have come to suspect the designation may have been more Jungian and less whimsy. If so, his elevation to sainthood may not be an unrealistic overreach. In many ways he lived like an ascetic monk, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: God's wildness, Happy 181st Birthday John Muir, John Muir, John Muir vision, wilderness, Yosemite Temple

A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM e.e. cummings

December 19, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Watching the increasingly commercial emphasis during the Christmas Season, it is little wonder Albert Schweitzer described a kind of naïveté where people are unaware of the silent, spiritual battles within.  Although blatant commercialism was far less intense during the time Henry Thoreau wrote “Walden,” (1850) it probably contributed to his efforts to strive to avoid … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Advent, e.e. cummings, existence of God, faith, Little Church, Lowell Harrison Young, Merry Christmas, miracle of life, Yosemite Temple

Heaven and Earth

November 16, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I so no more, because I have discovered that I also live in ‘creation’s dawn.’ The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, existence of God, intelligent design, John Muir, John Muir vision, Lowell Harrison Young, spirituality, Yosemite Temple

John Muir’s High Altar

October 3, 2016 by bofaw 1 Comment

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Many of the older Scots claim that they can communicate spiritually with deceased family members and friends by a process they call “kything.” If this is so, I am guessing that John Muir … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Author Lowell Harrison Young, Bio-spirituality, Biodesign, Biodesign class, Biodesign Out For A Walk, John Muir, John Muir vision, Yosemite, Yosemite Temple, Yosemite Valley

“I CONQUERED YOSEMITE’S HALF DOME!”

July 11, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“Loren Eiseley is less concerned about man conquering nature than nature, in the form of God, conquering the human heart.” Time Magazine. AFTER nearly 75 years, I have concluded that life is mostly (if not totally) a journey into mystery. E.g. how could I have possibly guessed that a simple, innocent question from a student … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Bio-spirituality, Biodesign class, Half Dome, John Muir, Lowell Harrison Young, mystery of life, soul medicine, spiritual growth, Yosemite, Yosemite Temple, Yosemite Valley

John Muir: “Get in The Bucket and Hold On!”

March 6, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

The walls of the world’s hall of shame are covered with millions of portraits of mostly men who have committed heinous crimes against individuals and humanity, sometimes their own children. Most of these men had the misfortune of being raised by one or more abusive parents. John Muir had all the qualifications to end up … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: John Muir, love lessons, soul medicine, Yosemite Temple
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