Adele Ryan McDowell
Dr. Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D. is a transpersonal psychologist, teacher and healer. A perpetual student and constant seeker with a gift of gab, Adele works as a way-shower helping others towards the reality of the spiritual realm and the healing properties of unconditional love. She believes in great fun and joy as divine medicine, and New Yorker cartoons as requisite healing tools. Her email address is armcdowell@aol.com.
Dr. Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D. is a transpersonal psychologist, teacher and healer. A perpetual student and constant seeker with a gift of gab, Adele works as a way-shower helping others towards the reality of the spiritual realm and the healing properties of unconditional love. She believes in great fun and joy as divine medicine, and New Yorker cartoons as requisite healing tools. Her email address is armcdowell@aol.com.
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Too hard to look: trial by body
Column: wavelength
May 8 2008 12:13PM
Do you remember the first time you heard your recorded voice being played back to you? Your voice sounded foreign; it was not the voice you heard when you spoke aloud. I am like that when it comes to seeing myself in pictures.
Calling all leapers of faith
Column: wavelength
May 1 2008 01:48AM
Humankind can be gloriously generous, creative and resourceful. To get there, it often takes a leap of faith where the light is dim, the road is rocky and the next bend can send you careening off the cliff. Allow me to guide you through the maze.
Singing the Mother Earth blues
Column: wavelength
Apr 24 2008 02:05AM
Here is our blue-green planet bobbling away in this great galactic soup. She is holding up her place in the multiverse, and keeping up all afloat, but like many of us, Mother E. is very tired, very depleted and having difficulty maintaining her balance.
Got stress?
Column: wavelength
Apr 17 2008 12:36AM
Stress is a given in today’s fast-paced, over-achieving, information-overloaded and increasingly technical world. We all have it; we all know it. So, what are we to do? Read on for some practical solutions, including six methods of meditation.
What I have learned - so far
Column: wavelength
Apr 10 2008 12:39AM
The spring energies, a personal state of rebirth and a pending visit to my childhood home are contributing to my introspective state. I have been reflecting on what I believe. What is it that I know to be true for me?
Kiss it to God
Column: wavelength
Apr 3 2008 01:33AM
The idea is to lightly and lovingly hand over to God that which we can't control or that which has us twisted up in knots pacing the floor. The phrase underscores those great spiritual attributes of surrender and detachment
Are you going to hell?
Column: wavelength
Mar 27 2008 02:22AM
I understand that these comments may seem heretical in light of many religions that browbeat their congregants with threats of hell-fire and the wrath and fury of God.
Springing into balance
Column: wavelength
Mar 20 2008 01:20AM
Psychologically speaking, spring is a time of individuation. Yet, all the pushing and pulling is essentially a drive for that one, very, all-encompassing state of being called balance.
The Oprah and Eckhart show
Column: wavelength
Mar 13 2008 01:50AM
While viewing their webcast with my 2 million fellow students around the world, I have found myself having great debates from my couch with Oprah and Eckhart. I feel a need to defend the ego.
Got prayer?
Column: wavelength
Mar 6 2008 02:34AM
Every time I remember this story, I well up with tears. Every time I hear an ambulance or witness an accident, I say a prayer. Prayer not only connects us with the divine, prayer connects us with one another's soul.
God, I'm stuck
Column: wavelength
Feb 28 2008 02:31AM
Resistance feels like a hunkered-down, no-forward-movement position on the path. However, if everything, including the ego, is all part and parcel of the divine, isn't it possible that resistance serves a purpose?
Is the spiritual life full of hardship?
Column: wavelength
Feb 21 2008 02:19AM
Is the path to heaven actually a hellacious road trip? One teacher I recently encountered said, 'Yes.' I beg to differ.
The sweet surrender of love
Column: wavelength
Feb 14 2008 01:10AM
Love, like faith, is an action word; it is a verb that calls for us to take steps, like surrender and acceptance.
God, you want me to do what?
Column: wavelength
Feb 7 2008 12:42AM
I have always been a headstrong type; some might even call me stubborn. It has been more than interesting as I walk my spiritual path that I have had to learn, sometimes the very hard way, to follow directions.
Pop goes your attention
Column: wavelength
Jan 31 2008 12:27AM
It's not easy being a free-floating entity in a jam-packed cosmos that competes for one of your most precious resources, your attention. What might be some Rules of the Road for fine-tuning your attention?
Are you listening, God?
Column: wavelength
Jan 24 2008 12:46AM
'Hello-o-o-o, God, forget what I said. I have changed my mind. I can't let go. Well, actually, I don't want to let go ... it feels too good to stay in the memory.'
Good God, I'm tired
Column: wavelength
Jan 17 2008 01:17AM
What could be spiritual about the Big Exhaustion? I think when you reach that no-energy place, and have no other choice but to stop, rest and do nothing, you are faced with some pretty big questions.
The death of a soul friend
Column: wavelength
Jan 10 2008 02:17AM
John O'Donohue was Hermes of the Soul, fleet-footed of philosophies, a master wordsmith, fast-witted, deeply tender and hilariously funny. At the age of 53, John has left this mortal coil. And, boy, am I sad.
'Are you Jesus?'
Column: wavelength
Dec 27 2007 12:32AM
Writer Nikos Kazantzakis said, 'God changes appearances every second.'
The Christmas black and blues
Column: wavelength
Dec 20 2007 02:32AM
What do you do if you're standing in the dark and not wanting to be swept up in the holiday razzle-dazzle? Let's talk strategies to help you get through without curling up into a fetal position and waiting for it to be over.
Mr. Toad's wild ride
Column: wavelength
Dec 13 2007 01:30AM
Change is fraught with mixed emotions; it can be heartbreaking, gut-wrenching and terrifying. It also can be a breath of fresh air, wonderfully heartwarming and completely soul-satisfying.
The case for wiggle room
Column: wavelength
Dec 6 2007 12:24AM
I have become convinced that the only way to view life is with an 'and and' philosophy. It takes into account the quantum physics reality that we are all energetically connected. In essence, we are all one.
The Enchanted Forest of Puzzlement
Column: wavelength
Nov 29 2007 02:03AM
A small, spiritual tale about a traveler falling off his path and landing in a forest that proved tricky to negotiate until he trusted his soul.
Thank you, God, for my fears
Column: wavelength
Nov 22 2007 01:23AM
Who knew that if I sat with each heart-pounding, adrenaline-spiked fear that I would find a part of my soul that was ready to step forward?
Help, it's dark in here
Column: wavelength
Nov 15 2007 02:08AM
In varying degrees, we all have been there -- confused, scared, in some kind of pain and hunkered down in a corner or a bed or a hallway waiting for the storm to pass.
What next, God?
Column: wavelength
Nov 8 2007 01:14AM
You might say I am lost; I prefer to think of it as wandering.
Well, Rumi, you were right
Column: wavelength
Nov 1 2007 02:07AM
It does take some heartbreak, some loss and endings and even some goodbyes to not so gently nudge us toward that place of greater love, and greater God.
The gods name the Top 3 travel mistakes
Column: wavelength
Oct 25 2007 01:56AM
Undoubtedly, we human types will keep asking directions - prayer by prayer. The truth be told, we are constantly in transition, always traveling in one form or another.
The hand of God
Column: wavelength
Oct 18 2007 12:28AM
I am feeling a bit like Paul who was thrown from the horse. I get there is a conversion experience to be had; yet I am still operating in semi-darkness.
Is your wand really magic?
Column: wavelength
Oct 11 2007 01:04AM
We all seem to be searching for own version of the Holy Grail. But here is what concerns me: Are we not giving away our power to an object?
Be still, my soul
Column: wavelength
Oct 4 2007 12:30AM
I can sit for extended periods of time in silence. I can enjoy a dinner party without being the raconteur. I am happy being quiet. What's happened to me?
I swallow it whole
Column: wavelength
Sep 27 2007 12:51AM
Beauty is essential and life-giving; it feeds our souls; it revives our nervous system. Beauty reminds us of something grander, larger and all-encompassing; for me, that would be the hand of God.
The beginner's mind
Column: wavelength
Sep 20 2007 12:38AM
I am pushed to be open and receptive, like an empty teacup. So much for being smug and self-satisfied; there is gold to be shared and wise tea to be drunk. I am ready to belly up to the bar and have my cup filled.
Make mine humble pie
Column: wavelength
Sep 13 2007 01:31AM
I never realized how comfortable I had it until Spirit plunked me down in a tiny nook of southwest London. As a result of this experience, I have come to realize how much I take for granted and how very, very lucky I am.
What's wrong with this picture?
Column: wavelength
Sep 6 2007 01:44AM
On a heavily trafficked sidewalk, amid the swirl of rubbish and rush-hour legs and feet, sits a mother cradling an infant in her arms. She is begging aloud for money.
Yikes! And it's all perfect
Column: wavelength
Aug 30 2007 02:00AM
I didn't feel safe, and for really no good reason other than I was in a somewhat deserted area at night that was so very unusual. I was fearful - and I hate that about myself. Why does the strange have to be fearful?
I need to stop doing
Column: wavelength
Aug 23 2007 02:39AM
I am in that place in my life where I need to listen; the gods hold my next agenda. And, in order to do that, I need to submerge my self in the sweet territory of silence.
'I have faith, but am I weird?'
Column: wavelength
Aug 16 2007 12:49AM
I received a reader email with 'I have faith' in the subject line. Her big question was 'Just let me know if having faith and feeling lazy about it are weird.'
The tether of friendship
Column: wavelength
Aug 9 2007 01:27AM
The Chinese have it right; one of their proverbs reads, 'Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.' Good advice.
God, I am grateful
Column: wavelength
Aug 2 2007 12:21AM
After all my weeks of sadness and feeling totally shattered, there is grace. I have refound my laugh button. My heart is beginning to feel lighter.
Beware: Sacred territory ahead
Column: wavelength
Jul 26 2007 01:18AM
What is it about the unknown that can unravel us? Why do we become so unglued at that which is new?
God, this is hard
Column: wavelength
Jul 19 2007 01:41AM
It's a lot like a funeral, but in this case I am still alive.
I don't know
Column: wavelength
Jul 12 2007 01:39AM
If the map is not annotated with every curve in the road, can we make our destination in one piece? Must we know every nuance, facet and element of our lives in order to feel safe and in control?
Don't cry; be happy
Column: wavelength
Jul 5 2007 02:13AM
Are we to forgo plumbing the depths of our psyches so everything remains happy, happy, happy?
Saying hello to goodbye
Column: wavelength
Jun 28 2007 12:31AM
I ask the girl if she would take care of the teddy bear for me. She looks at me - tears are spilling out of my eyes. She offers the bear back to me. I cannot speak; I am broadsided with emotion.
'Kindness is my religion'
Column: wavelength
Jun 21 2007 12:43AM
If you accept the premise that we are all connected, does not one act of caring charge the world with more positive energy and more light?
The sacrament of receiving
Column: wavelength
Jun 14 2007 02:03AM
The two gifts stunned me so thoroughly that my breath was taken away. There was no voice, only pounding heart and eyes welling with tears. These two gifts were sacrament to me.
And so am I
Column: wavelength
Jun 7 2007 12:51AM
If I had to read one more of at least a dozen emails from one sender, I thought I might scream.
My affair with the moon
Column: wavelength
May 30 2007 01:31AM
Moonlight is magical. Many a wondrous thing can happen under its canopy. Just the thought of those possibilities awakens my inner Puck.
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