Prayer to the Shekinah -- Turning inward: cultivating contemplative life -- Laying down our burden: keeping the Sabbath holy -- Breaking open: the alchemy of longing -- Melting down: dissolving into the one -- Connecting: community and the web of inter-being -- Embracing: sexual embodiment -- Sheltering: mothering as a path of awakening -- Co-creating: caring for our mother, the earth -- Making a joyful noise: creativity and the arts -- Forgiving: the art of mercy -- Dying: the ultimate spiritual practice -- Taking refuge: teachers, teachings & soul-family -- Love song to the great mother