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Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”—Soren Kierkegaard SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—12/19/11—In dealing with the care of a mother who is approaching the last stage of her life, I’ve been sifting through heaps of things at her house: some useless; others, evidence of lives once [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies and the body is never really alive.”—Isaac Bashevis Singer, “Stories from Behind the Stove” SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—10/31/11   And one day, I will be a witch flying with herbs [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Equal dark, equal light, flow in Circle, deep insight. Blessed Be, Blessed Be, the transformation of energy!” —Nigh An’Fey, Transformation of Energy SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—9/5/11— In the periphery of my memory, Just beyond articulation into words Strung together in sentence necklaces, I find a world of undefined ideas. Baffling [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”—Vincent van Gogh SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—8/1/11—I repeat, we cannot begin healing without confronting the lies we tell ourselves. We’re told that the first step on the journey to mental, physical, and emotional health is the admission that one [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Man has always been his own most vexing problem.”—Reinhold Niebuhr SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—6/27/11—Now that you’ve read a little about Reiki, I’d like to tell you what it is to teach it. Hardly original, my observations probably conform with the observations of most teachers. But I feel the need to [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “You have everything you need: A miraculous body, a phenomenal brain, and a vast and powerful subconscious mind. Now it’s just a matter of focusing them in the right direction.”— James Allen, As You Think SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—6/13/11—There are three degrees of Reiki instruction. In First Degree Reiki, the [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes ‘Healing,’ Papa would tell me, ‘is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.’—W. H. Auden SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—5/2/11—A typical Reiki treatment lasts for one hour and fifteen minutes. It is not necessary for the recipient to undress, but I suggest that comfortable, non-binding clothes be worn. [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Just for today, do not worry. Just for today, do not be angry. Earn your living honestly. Count your blessings. Honor your parents, teachers, and friends. Show gratitude to every living thing.”—Dr. Mikao Usui SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—3/28/11—My good friend, editor, and Reiki student, Elizabeth Boleman-Herring, suggested that I write [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Say what’s your purpose then,” I said. “Or tell me mine. I think I have lost it.”—Katherine Beutner, “Alcestis” SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly Hubris)—2/28/22—Myths never die. They might disappear for a while but, because they speak to our human condition, we resurrect them on the screen, in books, in music, and [...]

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.”—Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly Hubris)—1/31/11—February boasts two holidays: The Lunar New Year, on February 3rd (the [...]