Melinda Emily Thomas

Category: Shift in Perspective

  • That Would Be Enough

    In response to the violence in Charlottesville, in followup to my last post, In Protest, and with inspiration from three members of the clergy . . . “That is all very well, little Alice. But there is a third thing you must do,” said her grandfather. “What is that?” asked Alice. “You must do something…

  • Homing Instinct

    This post was written as a guest piece for Abbey of the Arts’ “Monk in the World Guest Post” series which poses the question, “How do you live as a monk in the world?” “Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” ~ The Guernsey…

  • September 11th: In Remembrance

    I didn’t intend to write this but sometimes the words come and won’t be contained. It is born out of my philosophy as a yogi and not intended as a political statement. Today is the 13th anniversary of the day everything changed. I don’t know if that last statement is true for every generation or…

  • Get Your Cit Together – Part I

    Cit: {Ch-it} Sanskrit for Consciousness.  It started with a prayer. Actually it started with a nightmare, then a prayer; “God guide my thinking.” Actually it began when I woke early one morning and felt a deep impulse to clear my altar of everything but the candles. Got the order here? Impulse. Clearing. Prayer. A day…