Table of Contents
Introduction 1
January: New Beginnings
Ritual 1 Intention and Attention 8
Ritual 2 Releasing Striving, Abiding in Wholeness 11
Ritual 3 Mind the Gap 14
Ritual 4 Creating a Compass 17
Ritual 5 Meditation: An Act of Love 21
February: Moving into the Heart
Ritual 6 A Drink of Love 26
Ritual 7 Should-ing Ail Over Ourselves 29
Ritual 8 Disarming Our Hearts 33
Ritual 9 You Are the Love You Seek 37
March: Storms and Changes
Ritual 10 Allow the Waves 42
Ritual 11 The Refuge of Now 46
Ritual 12 Sitting in All That Is 49
Ritual 13 You Are Here 52
April: Loss and Birth
Ritual 14 The Duality of Joy and Grief 56
Ritual 15 Sitting Here in Limbo 59
Ritual 16 Breathing In, Breathing Out 62
Ritual 17 Harmony with Nature's Rhythms 66
Ritual 18 This Precious Present 69
May: Modes of Nurturance
Ritual 19 Pleasure 74
Ritual 20 Mastery 77
Ritual 21 Connection 80
Ritual 22 The Survival of the Nourished 84
June: Reaching Out
Ritual 23 Radical Compassion 88
Ritual 24 Freedom from "Othering" 92
Ritual 25 Expecting, Striving, and Fixing 96
Ritual 26 Uncovering the Barriers to Love 100
July: Love all, Serve all
Ritual 27 For the Benefit of All 106
Ritual 28 Speak Truthfully and Helpfully 109
Ritual 29 If We Were Trees 113
Ritual 30 The Real Work 116
Ritual 31 Path of the Bodhisattva 120
August: Harvest Abundance
Ritual 32 Soak in the Good 126
Ritual 33 Adoring Perception 130
Ritual 34 Harvest Support 134
Ritual 35 Harvesting Space 137
September: Being a Curious Learner
Ritual 36 Love the Questions Themselves 142
Ritual 37 Potholes Again and Again 145
Ritual 38 Radical Self-Honesty 149
Ritual 39 Learning Is Not Linear 153
October: The Places that Scare You
Ritual 40 Beasts and Dragons in Disguise 158
Ritual 41 Medusa's Cave 162
Ritual 42 Imposter Syndrome and FOF 167
Ritual 43 Facing the Great Mysteries 171
Ritual 44 Resistance is Futile 174
November: Gratitude and Appreciative Joy
Ritual 45 Gratitude: The Happy Heart 180
Ritual 46 Smiling and Laughter as Medicine 184
Ritual 47 Power of Attention 188
Ritual 48 Loving the Life Within 191
December: Darkness and Light Ritual
Ritual 49 Moving into Darkness 196
Ritual 50 Festivals of Light 199
Ritual 51 Noble Silence 202
Ritual 52 Reflecting Radiance 205
References 209
