Eternal Wellness

Eternal Wellness explores a variety of approaches to being spiritually centered, in alignment with the universe at large, in harmony with life, and in touch with our understanding of the spirit that flows through it all. The authors in this tenth annual Chrysalis Reader search for the source of spiritual well-being, following a map that includes heart and feeling through interior passageways that may defy logic. A myriad of practices point to spiritual wellness and enlightenment, but which practices are for us? Which ones can we trust? This Chrysalis Reader examines the dynamic of spiritual balance, asking, for instance, what constitutes a healthy diet of spiritual nourishment. Can one overdose on too much of a good thing? For the fortunate who persevere to the final threshold of this life in wellness of mind, body, and spirit, the spiritual journey will continue under the brightest auspices. Book jacket.

Robert F. Lawson’s poetry has appeared in Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Salt Lick, Plum Review, Phoenix, Negative Capability, Lullwater Review, Kalliope, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, and others. He is currently the major gifts and planned giving officer for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. A co-editor for the Chrysalis Reader and former editor for Simon & Schuster, Lawson does freelance editing and writing consultation as time permits.

Carol S. Lawson holds a master’s degree in creative writing and literature from Bennington College. Her long and varied career in publishing has included editing a medical journal for Harper & Row, publications work for the U.S. Public Health Service and the Environmental Protectio

EDITOR'S NOTE

Spiritual Compass: Aligning Body-Mind-Spirit

ix

Robert F. Lawson

PREFACE

Parable of the Well

xii

Paul J. Ruschmann

PART I: INNER JOURNEY

Single Kayak, Open Sound (poem)

5

(2)

Steven Lautermilch

Values in Tension

7

(6)

John L. Hitchcock

Tree Wisdom

13

(5)

Sarah Quigley

Poem without a Category (poem)

18

(3)

Suzanne Freeman

The Old Priest

21

(6)

Paul Gordon

Housecalls: A Doctor's Spiritual Journey

27

(10)

Richard Moskowitz

Expanding the Core

37

(3)

Marilyn Kreyer

Pondside (poem)

40

(1)

Wesley McNair

The Awakening

41

(6)

Barbi Schulick

Reinventing Your Life's Mythology

47

(5)

Dorothea Harvey

In Idleness (poem)

52

(3)

Linda Lancione Moyer

PART II: HEALING

The Laughter of Wood (poem)

55

(2)

Cal Kinnear

Good Body, Happy Man: The Uses of Life's Difficulties

57

(4)

Wilson Van Dusen

Thoughts on Growing Younger

61

(3)

Catherine Lazers Bauer

Silent Retreat

64

(3)

Steven J. Moss

Go Ahead and Take Your Medicine

67

(5)

Donald L. Rose and Michael Taylor

Culinary (poem)

72

(1)

Wyn Cooper

Cooking as Meditation

73

(4)

Jean Arnold

I arise like a doe in springtime (poem)

77

(2)

Asher Pucciarello

Healing with the Breath of Life

79

(8)

Andrew Caponigro

R'uach Ha R'uach (poem)

87

(2)

Philip Lisagor

Landfalls

89

(2)

W. E. Reinka

Love, Laughter, and the Nature of Life

91

(6)

Bernie Siegel

PART III: RECONNECTNG

We Cannot Extinguish the Night (poem)

97

(1)

Margaret Szumowski

The Manifold Manifestations

98

(11)

Penny Susan Rose

William My Friend (poem)

109

(1)

Vincent DeCarolis

The Decision

110

(5)

Barbara Walker

Reunion (poem)

115

(2)

Blayney Colmore

Druid Arch

117

(3)

Lani Wright

Coyote Fool Moon

120

(7)

Wendy L. Brown

Shakuhachi and the Alhambra (poem)

127

(4)

Carol Lem

PART IV: COMMUNITY

Oranges (poem)

131

(1)

Art Stein

Quiet Ponds

132

(6)

M. Garrett Bauman

Bread (poem)

138

(1)

Nina Romano

In the Blink of an Eye

139

(9)

Richard Weinkauf

The Exit Tamer (poem)

148

(3)

Tim Kahl

The Holy Virgin of Chernobyl

151

(6)

David Zane

Quaker Peace Vigil

157

(4)

Gary Sandman

Trust (poem)

161

Thomas R. Smith

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