Break Free of Karma

How do we know if we are doing the right thing? We really never know anything. That’s a good thing, because if we knew everything then we wouldn’t really be alive. Part of being alive in this world is accepting the adventure of the unknown and not the need to control through knowing. The mind…

Is There a Negative Side To All This Positive Thinking?

 We are programmed by a strong desire to seek pleasure and avoid pain. This is so deep rooted in our subconscious that it motivates pretty much everything that we do. Recently, there has been a movement towards positive thinking as a way of overcoming our challenges, and dispelling negative feelings. However, despite the thousands of…

Prayers

Prayers!  Sending out prayers. I’m praying for you or this that and the other. Have these become catch phrases along with “Just let it go”, “It is what it is”, “Sending love and light”? I for one use these phrases.  I am also deeply aware that they truly mean something.  I believe thoughts and words…

What Does a Healthy Relationship Look Like? Healthy Boundaries

hhmmm….I just got posed one of those really thought provoking questions.  One of those questions that is simple and straight-forward, but I don’t know if I’ve ever really asked/answered it before. interesting and thought provoking: IS there a clear cut definition for a healthy relationship? Essentially- what does, or should a healthy relationship look like?…

Ahimsa – Loving Kindness

Ahimsa – Loving Kindness – an Ethical Philosophy & Meditation Practice Ahimsa – or – Non-Violence, means loving kindness and is a term meaning ‘not to injure’. The word is derived from the Sanskrit root hiṃs – to strike; hiṃsā is injury or harm, a-hiṃsā is the opposite of this, i.e. cause no injury, do no harm. Ahimsa is a multidimensional…

Divinity

Hello, Today’s post: DIVINITY! What am I referring to? I’m referring to the spiritual perfection that resides in each and every one of us. I know, I know we immediately want to jump in there and try to pick apart, and point out those folks that are not acting or being very Divine at this…

Moving Beyond Negativity: Healing, Compassion and Integrity

One of my teachers from South America noted- the most important and powerful thing we can do, individually and as a country: heal ourselves. Want to change the plight of the developing nations. fix the US problems. If we solved OUR energy crises- we would not be exploiting and polluting the rest of the world….

Holy Grail Myth

I am going back in time to introduce you further to Equalia. Holy Grail – France 2014 I am writing on the day of a powerful full moon where ‘she’ is showing herself especially close to the earth, honest and naked. It’s a time when all those hidden potentials, but fears and hates too,  come…

The Triple Gems of Jainism

The Triple Gems of Jainism as the Path to Liberation from Karmic Bondage & Mundane Existence Liberation (‘Moksha’) is a blissful state of existence of a soul completely free from karmic bondage, and free from mundane existence (samsara) – the cycle of birth and death. A liberated soul is said to have attained its true…