The Questioning Mind

The mind is always questioning and seeking clarity and to a certain extent this is useful and does bring clarity, but when the questions start being deeper and more complex then the mind simply cannot cope. When this happens, the mind starts spinning and finding ways to drag in a lot of emotions and feelings,…

Chaos to Calm: Stress Is A Myth

Indulge me for a moment…suppose stress IS a myth? Suppose we created the entity of “stress” so that society had something to blame for the dis-ease of the world: headaches, heart disease, nervous breakdowns, insomnia, anxiety…? These are real afflictions, make no mistake. These are not “it’s all in your head” conditions. However, I found…

I Know You Can Go Through This Easily!

Part of the challenging terrain of modern anxiety, stress and the sense of life being overwhelming and intense, is a result of fear-laden clusters of unconscious ‘thought energies’ in the body and mind that cause what modern psychologists term as the price we pay for a complex modern lifestyle. However, this could be more precisely…

Healers: Balancing Compassion and Boundaries in Relationships

I was just having an ongoing discussion about compassion and how we process what we experience.. someone made a very good distinction and reminder, about the importance in differentiating between the person, and the action.. that is ALWAYS a huge factor.. because we may be the sum of our actions.. but we are not every…

A Flight of Inspiration

Debilitated from having pushed myself dancing in California, I travel, armed with crutches, to New York State, to our annual family reunion at my uncle’s house. I haven’t seen family for more than a year, and never in this condition I’m in. Everything I do at my uncle’s house and on his pond is an effort. At…

Animals: Intuition, Fear and Masculine-Feminine Paradigms

I remember someone noting that there are only 2 things. fear and love. I’m not sure I entirely agree with the premise.. but I suppose in terms of polarity/ binary/motivation.. in our current paradigm ( physical plane).. there is toward and away.. love=toward.. fear=away. whether we call it yin/yang, or positive/negative/ away/toward… Love would equal…

There is Only Now

Day four of my new life and I have got worse at Spanish… I am writing this with a laughing tone, but it is still what it feels like….! With more time to learn the language, I find the box I have opened has no bottom… It is therefore fortunate to have discovered over the…

Remember the Light Within

I would like to thank everyone for their continued spiritual practice, joyous celebration of life and connection to the spiritual community. It is wonderful to continue to remember the light within through the gift of meditation. Allow the below quote to inspire us as we plant the seeds of consciousness on this path of self-realization….