Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Spiritual Activism, Wisdom Of The Heart
“How does one become butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively. ‘You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar,' Piglet replied. ‘You mean to die?' asked Pooh. ‘Yes and no,' he answered. ‘What looks like you will die,...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Living Your Purpose, The Power Of Love, Wisdom Of The Heart
Today, my love necklace broke. Not the chain, but the actual necklace—-the word LOVE. I must confess that I am one of those people who gets attached to certain very special things—-to clothes that are totally natural like cotton or linen, and super...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, The Power of Compassion, The Power Of Love, Wisdom Of The Heart
My heart was so heavy when I woke up this morning, and I couldn't get moving until I unburdened myself. I went into the garden and watched a bee pollinate an eggplant flower, and sadness fell over me for the dying of the bees. No, I can't drown in sadness, I...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Mastering Emotions, Wisdom Of The Heart
“Timing is all about how long it takes you to come into alignment with your desire. If you’re waiting, you’re a little bit off track.” Abraham Some people call it Divine Timing, the experience of time not bound by our own will, but connected to some greater order, to...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Living Your Purpose, Transforming Limiting Beliefs, Wisdom Of The Heart
This is the view of the deck from where I sit to do my morning meditation. Yesterday, I looked out and found the Buddha on the brick floor, on its side. My thoughts were, “Ah, that was the sound I heard? Wow, it’s not broken. What happened? “ My mind immediately...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Conscious Relationships, Spiritual Activism, The Power Of Love, Transforming Limiting Beliefs, Wisdom Of The Heart
“Anger is like flowing water; there’s nothing wrong with it as long as you let it flow. Hate is like stagnant water; anger that you denied yourself the freedom to feel, the freedom to flow; water that you gathered in one place and left to forget. Stagnant water...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Living Your Purpose, The Power Of Love, Wisdom Of The Heart
“Dharma points to what we express on the other side of our suffering and fears. When you are living your dharma, you essentially live according to the highest law, which is love. You are fulfilling the highest expression of yourself. You are fully who you...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Conscious Relationships, Living Your Purpose, Spiritual Activism, The Power of Compassion, The Power Of Love, Wisdom Of The Heart
“Early in the journey you wonder how long the journey will take and whether you will make it in this lifetime. Later you will see that where you are going is HERE and you will arrive NOW…so you stop asking.” Ram Das, Be Here Now There is a whole generation of us...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Living Your Purpose, Mastering Emotions, The Power of Compassion, The Power Of Love, Transforming Limiting Beliefs, Wisdom Of The Heart
“Inspiration comes forth from within. It's what the light burning within you is about, as opposed to motivation, which is doing it because if you don't do it, there will be negative repercussions. Motivation is making myself do something that I don't really want to...
Connecting with the Divine/Spirit, Living Your Purpose, Mental Health Crisis As Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Activism, The Power of Compassion, The Power Of Love, Transforming Limiting Beliefs, Wisdom Of The Heart
When I was in college, I remember opening up spiritually, and in so many ways, to life's possibilities that seemed endless. This stage of development is called emerging adulthood, and is a distinct phase between adolescence and young adulthood. The brain is in its...
