Author Archives: Jay Stark-Dykema

Owning Projections

Many folks have been exposed to the concept from Jungian psychology about the need to own one’s projections in order to become whole. The traits I encounter in others that we find either annoying or despicable on the one hand, or admirable on the other, are really just projections of parts of myself that I… Read More »

Expansion

The ringing of the phone jolted me from sleep. It was a recorded message announcing school closure because of hazardous travel conditions. I thought to myself, “This is great! I get to sleep in rather than get up when the alarm goes off!” So I turned the alarm off and snuggled back in to enjoy… Read More »

The Lord’s Prayer, revisited

Our Eternal One, in whom we reside, your many names are honored through the generations and in all cultures. Your Divine order and purposes are accomplished in this earthly dimension as in all higher dimensions. You give us all we need, in abundance, every day. You forgive us when we miss the mark of compassion… Read More »

Greatest Commandment

Here’s a realization that came to me about the Biblical instruction to, first of all, love God with our whole heart, then secondly, to love others (my neighbors) as ourselves.  It struck me that if I’m part of who God is, then to love God with my whole heart means to love myself.  God-love and… Read More »

First post

There’s a movement that’s gaining momentum; there’s a change in human consciousness that I find myself participating in. It’s a shift into a greater awareness of what Andrew Harvey calls the “divine human.” This shift is the growing edge for me. I’m in the midst of changing my sense of who I am, expanding my… Read More »