Unconditional
Willing to experience aloneness,
I discover connection everywhere.
Turning to face my fear,
I meet the warrior who lives within.
Opening to my loss,
I gain the embrace of the universe.
Surrendering into emptiness,
I find fullness without end.
Each condition I flee from pursues me.
Each condition I welcome transforms me
and becomes itself transformed
into its radiant jewel-like essence.
I bow to the one who has made it so,
who has crafted this master game.
To play it is pure delight.
To honor its form, true devotion.
Invitation: “To play is…”
by Jennifer Wellwood found on her website HERE on April 17, 2026.
Jennifer Welwood is a teacher who has spent her life bringing together spiritual practice and psychological healing, helping people not just awaken, but actually live that awareness in real life. Her path began early, shaped by loss, and grew through decades of study in traditions like Kriya Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, alongside her work as a psychotherapist. At the heart of her work is a simple but demanding idea: we don’t bypass our humanity to grow, we move through it, gently unwinding what no longer serves so something more whole can emerge.
Enjoy the guided meditation below from to help shift the experience of loneliness and to inner peace.
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Doris “Granny D” Haddock
“Just as an unbalanced mind can accumulate mental stresses that can grow and take on a life of their own, so little decisions of our modern life can accumulate to the point where our society finds itself bombing other people for their oil, or supporting dictators who torture whole populations—all so that our unbalanced interests might be served.”
Willing to experience aloneness,
I discover connection everywhere. ~ Jennifer Wellwood.
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As someone who has been single more than partnered, I appreciate my solitude --- and the connections that are everywhere as Jennifer Wellwood offers in this poem.
Takes trust to play game...
counterintuitive twists!
Delight in surprise