Michael Meade

As a culture, we turn away from people just when they are in times of change. That's when most communities used to…

— Michael Meade

“In mythic terms, the earth is a place of mystery and wonder where life always hangs by a thread and all the…

— Michael Meade

“Something ancient in us bends us toward the origins of the whole thing. We either drown in the splits and confusions of…

— Michael Meade

Trouble is another word for fate; what troubles us the most is what we are fated to one day face. What troubles…

— Michael Meade

“Healing is a revolutionary act and we are here to awaken to the true nature of our own souls and the gifts…

— Michael Meade

Everyone gets wounded in this world and everyone has within them some golden qualities that can serve to heal the wounds of…

— Michael Meade

“Unless a person learns of the sacred intentions in their own life it will be difficult for them to understand the sacred…

— Michael Meade

“Myths remind us of the symbolic presence within all the lost-and-found adventures that alone can give life meaning. Losing touch with the…

— Michael Meade

“Something deep in the human soul awakens as things fall apart. Something in the soul knows that everything in this world can…

— Michael Meade

The old idea is that when tragedy strikes or when an obstacle blocks us, there are only two possibilities. We either become…

— Michael Meade

“In these dark and uncertain times, there can be great value in imagining a bit of star in each human soul. Not…

— Michael Meade

Until, modern times when it became mostly a civic task, education was considered a sacred work. It was sacred because it involved…

— Michael Meade

“Becoming a genuine individual requires learning the oppositions within oneself. Those who fail or refuse to face the oppositions within have no…

— Michael Meade

A true calling is aimed at the genius qualities already set within each person...

— Michael Meade

“Sometimes, the greatest safety can be found in taking the right risk. Whether it be an individual, a community or a country,…

— Michael Meade

“The hardest thing in life may be to learn to truly trust that there is something noble and generative in ourselves. This…

— Michael Meade

“The second adventure involves the divine spark hidden in each soul and the dark times require that the inner light of soul…

— Michael Meade

“Destiny is purpose seen from the other end of life.”

— Michael Meade

“In seeking after what the soul desires we become pilgrims with no home but the path the soul would have us follow.”

— Michael Meade

Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural…

— Michael Meade

During youth a blossoming and budding forth tries to happen from inside out as each young person encounters what is seeded in…

— Michael Meade

Genius is the basis for the deepest type of mentoring. When true learning occurs genius teaches genius and both the teacher and…

— Michael Meade

“Each young person is a poet of sorts, trying to sort out the poetics of their inner life and its relation to…

— Michael Meade

“The thread that ties us to the center is the hidden cord of the heart, it is the thread of genius that…

— Michael Meade

“When a situation feels like a matter of life and death the deep self is close at hand and it already carries…

— Michael Meade