The Bee's Ease
Mirabai Starr's "Awaken the Mystic Within" Course Begins with a Buzz
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Notes from a High Priest
I don’t consider myself a high or even low priest of anything. But I did have a good friend, Bob Price, who when I lived in Wyoming nicknamed me “Father Edgerly.” It was a snarky but friendly reference to my endless spiritual misadventures when I was in my 30s.
“I am a high priest of _____” was the writing prompt for last night’s Zoom session with Mirabai Starr.
Write for five minutes without stopping. Go!
About 130 souls joined Mirabai for the first of seven weekly sessions in her course, “Awaken the Mystic Within.” She invited me to think of my ordinary life as “your messy little temple.” I love that.
She introduced the writing practice by reading this poem by Paulann Petersen:
A Sacrament
Become that high priest,
the bee. Drone your way
from one fragrant
temple to another, nosing
into each altar. Drink
what's divine—
and while you're there,
let some of the sacred
cling to your limbs.
Wherever you go
leave a small trail
of its golden crumbs.
In your wake
the world unfolds
its rapture, the fruit
of its blooming.
Rooms in your house
fill with that sweetness
your body both
makes and eats.
The course is well begun. Mirabai’s new book is terrific.
Onward.