“When a situation feels like a matter of life and death the deep self is close at hand and it already carries inner medicine and its own life remedy.” — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
As a culture, we turn away from people just when they are in times of change. That's when most communities used to embrace people,… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
“In mythic terms, the earth is a place of mystery and wonder where life always hangs by a thread and all the events of… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
“Something ancient in us bends us toward the origins of the whole thing. We either drown in the splits and confusions of our lives, or we surrender to something greater than ourselves. The water of our deepest troubles is also the water of our own solution. In surrender, we descend down to the bottom of it and back to the… — Michael Meade Copy Share
Trouble is another word for fate; what troubles us the most is what we are fated to one day face. What troubles us in… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
“Healing is a revolutionary act and we are here to awaken to the true nature of our own souls and the gifts we have… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
Everyone gets wounded in this world and everyone has within them some golden qualities that can serve to heal the wounds of time and… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
“Unless a person learns of the sacred intentions in their own life it will be difficult for them to understand the sacred presence in… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
“Myths remind us of the symbolic presence within all the lost-and-found adventures that alone can give life meaning. Losing touch with the world of… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
“Something deep in the human soul awakens as things fall apart. Something in the soul knows that everything in this world can become lost. And something in the soul knows how to survive periods of devastation, disorientation and loss. Descent and falling is the way of the soul from its beginning. We each fell from the womb of life when… — Michael Meade Copy Share
The old idea is that when tragedy strikes or when an obstacle blocks us, there are only two possibilities. We either become a smaller person or we become a bigger person. If it's a real life change you cannot come out the same. So therefore, you're either going to come out smaller or you're going to rise up and ultimately… — Michael Meade Copy Share
“In these dark and uncertain times, there can be great value in imagining a bit of star in each human soul. Not just that… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
Until, modern times when it became mostly a civic task, education was considered a sacred work. It was sacred because it involved the indwelling spirit in the student and because it required an awakened spirit in the teachers. Spirit to spirit, genius to genius, soul to soul go the true lessons that help young people become themselves. Ultimately, each person… — Michael Meade Copy Share
