the joy of sweet nothings….
that one sweet moment….. It’s obvious that if I want my life to be whole, to resonate with feeling and integrity and value and health, there’s only one way I can influence the future: by owning the...
View Articlealigning with the truth in our bones
passing by…. The practice of being authentic requires us to release outdated or unnecessary patterns and beliefs. It takes daily discipline to stay connected to the ‘four bones.’ Back Bone: the quality...
View Articleconsider the extraordinary edge of starting over
may you rest in quietude…. We find out the heart only by dismantling what the heart knows. By redefining the morning, we find a morning that comes just after darkness. We can break through marriage...
View Articleshaping ourselves around destiny’s gates
a destiny of will Personal authority is the ability to validate one’s own thoughts and actions as good and true. It is the ability to choose and carry out intentions. Empowerment is, therefore,...
View Article2013 blessings for a transcendent new year
Transformation not only shifts how you view the world, but also how you relate to the world. In every situation, ask yourself, ‘Am I being an actor or a victim? Am I valuing or devaluing? Am I focused...
View Articlethe spontaneous healing of a tired soul
Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift...
View Articlethe inner nagging over the merit of our days
There is an uncanny symmetry between the inner and outer world. Each person is the sole inhabitant of their own inner world; no-one else can get in there to configure how things are seen. Each of us...
View Articlesoul mapping in the void of superficial truth
When we are in touch with true abundance, it permeates the fabric of our lives. Abundance invites us to live the life we desire instead of settling for less. In order to tap into our creativity and...
View Articlea self-centered beckoning to redefine individuation
whisper subtle longings…. Open choiceless awareness can be a useful practice for discovering transpersonal identity. It implies free-floating attention that is alert and diffuse. No effort is made to...
View Articlethe luminous, open-sky mind…..
God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left for you. ….Paulo Coehlo spinning up into unremitting softness…… The consciousness of abundance is a...
View Articlecan we know the depth of suffering?
The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it. …..Hermann Hesse personal power shines through our...
View Articleexistential diamond-light
On a clear night we can see the sky through the window- stars too staggeringly numerous to count, and space so vast it cannot be fathomed. As morning dawns we hear birds and insects. They are praising...
View Articleexperiential honesty
Awakening reveals our already perfect inherent freedom. It also becomes the groundwork from which we develop the wherewithal- the clarity and courage- to look into anything that we have the power to...
View Articlethe tenuous link between lost & found
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see....
View Articlea case for wonderment
In the West, there isn’t a seamless understanding of what spiritual life is. It’s more specialized, like, ‘I’m going to meditate on a cushion, and something great is going to happen.’ The classical...
View Articletiptoeing around wisdom
Stay, I said to the cut flowers. They bowed their heads lower. Stay, I said to the spider, who fled. Stay, leaf, It reddened, embarrassed for me and itself. Stay, I said to my body. It sat as a dog...
View Articlethe light of essence
The sun asks the inner sun, How can I see you ? when you set, I rise, comes the answer. ….Rumi it does not matter who we are, but rather how we are…..how we love….how we meet ourselves……this original...
View Articlegroomed to love
Nothing I have ever done or will ever do can separate me from or bring me into the heart of the Beloved. Oh, I can distract myself from the longing that whispers day and night for that sacred union,...
View ArticleHappy New & Old & In Between
Be fearless with your dreams. Sometimes it’s absolutely essential to dream of things far, far beyond our wildest imagination. Dreams so wild that even the thought of them coming true makes the...
View Articleon occasion
One way to evaluate whether a spiritual teaching is a skillful one or not is by seeing if it helps you listen to your own inner wisdom. It will tell yo if you’re getting a little off balance, a little...
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