The Art of Asking Liberating Questions

Photo by IceMan Photography/Flickr Creative Commons “A paradigm shift occurs when a question is asked inside the current paradigm that can only be answered from outside it.” —Marilee Goldberg Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring the territory of life-changing questions. First, ten extraordinary people shared the most important question they’ve ever asked themselves. Then last week, Lisa Wilson gave us her beautiful story of the question that turned... Read More

Freedom Friday: 6/24 Resource Round-up

Joanna Macy (see "The World We Live In" listing below) Most Fridays, I put together this ‘resource round-up’ of news, events, and articles that I believe will inspire and support you in living a liberated life. If you have suggestions to share with other readers, please post in the comment section. Here’s this week’s list… Read More  Read More

Living With a Question at the Center of Your Life [Guest Post]

"Kindness" Artwork by Lisa Wilson Note from Maia: Last week I shared what 10 people told me when I asked them: “What’s the most important question you’ve ever asked yourself? How did [does] that question change your life?” One of those responses was from Lisa Wilson. I shortened her answer to include in last week’s post, but loved the full version of what she wrote so much that I’m featuring it here as part of our series on transformative... Read More

Freedom Friday: 6/17 Resource Round-up

"You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you." ~Vandana Shiva Most Fridays, I put together this ‘resource round-up’ of news, events, and articles that I hope will inspire and support you in living a liberated life. If you have suggestions to share with other readers, please post in the comment section. Without planning it to happen this way, the theme of this round-up... Read More

10 Life-Changing Questions

Photo by Ethan Lofton: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleaf/ I have always been fascinated by questions and their power to transform our lives. The next few Liberated Life Project posts will focus on the art of asking questions that can help to liberate potential and possibility. To start this series, I got in touch with a number of people whom I respect and admire and asked them: What’s the most important question you’ve ever asked yourself? How did (does) that question... Read More

Put Your Love in Action: The June Love Drop

The Love Drop project is a network of bloggers who come together each month to help out a family or individual in great need. Last month was the first time that LLP readers were invited to be partners in this cause and wow, you guys really showed up! Read More  Read More

On Finding Your Voice

Photo by Toshimasa Ishibashi/Flickr Creative Commons Sometimes I say to a poem, “I don’t have the strength To wring out another drop Of the sun.” And the poem will often respond By climbing onto a barroom table: Then lifts its skirt, winks, Causing the whole sky to Fall. —Hafiz (14th Century Persian mystic and poet) Years ago, I did something kind of insane that changed my life forever. When I was in my twenties, I was a music therapy intern at a state... Read More

Freedom Friday: 6/3 Resource Round-up

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." -Indira Gandhi Most Fridays, I put together this ‘resource round-up’ of news, events, and articles that I hope will inspire and support you in living a liberated life. If you have suggestions to share with other readers, please post in the comment section. Read More  Read More