Realizations About Life
“Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” ~Maori Proverb It’s easy to get caught up in our own lives and forget what makes life […]
“Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” ~Maori Proverb It’s easy to get caught up in our own lives and forget what makes life […]
When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you. As Maria Robinson once said, “Nobody can go back and start a new […]
In his book The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz outlines four simple principles, or “agreements” that one can practice to radically change one’s experience and perception of the human experience. Once a […]
Every once and a while I come across something on the internet, written by someone else, that just rings so true that I have to share it. This is one […]
I hear a lot of complaints about feeling ‘low’. And for many, and in most circumstances, I think a few simple changes/acts would suffice to effect positive mood modification. While […]
Deja vu, defined as the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before (literally translated as ‘already seen’ in French), is something I have been asked about many […]
From time to time even the ‘best of us’ lose our motivation. It is a natural part of being human. We like to get comfortable and be sedentary from time […]
AVOIDING THE ‘I DESERVE’ Over and over I hear my most hated phrase; ‘I deserve it’. I believe this line of thinking is the bane of our modern existence. Most often […]
I often am confronted with the questioning of basic signs – even by students and friends who have had their own glaring experiences. “How do you know that crow was […]
I have come across a simplified list containing some of the most important aspects of life’s learning, and thought I would share it with you. 7 IMPERATIVE LIFE LESSONS 1. […]
After a rough childhood and an unplanned pregnancy at age 19 that would propel me into nearly two decades of relationship avoidance and single parenthood, I met a man who […]
COLLECTING INSPIRATION and TRUTH I have a notebook (or two or three!) that I write my thoughts and inspirations into. Sometimes I doodle and draw, or I might glue, tape […]
“God isn’t about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He’s all about you making choices exercising the gift of free will. God wants you […]
For many years I worked helping those who were marginalized in some manner. Street workers, homeless youth, those struggling with mental illness and substance abuse. People who were battling to […]
On the weekend I took a new student to our local ‘Spiritualist church‘. I do not go often, and do not feel that it is necessary in order to maintain […]
Recently while teaching a student some spiritual principles, both of us became flush faced and overheated. We yawned frequently and compulsively. At one point she stopped and exclaimed with a […]
One of the easiest things you can do to make positive change in your life is to alter the way you think about it. This doesn’t just sound simple, it […]
I always see posts and write ups on how to ‘properly meditate‘. I purchased a book not long ago that actually came with a CD meant to enhance meditation by […]
Yes, it is that simple. Some of you might think that sounds vague and wonder; what does that mean? Simply put, it means make a difference in what you do. […]
Recently a student asked me about a series of synchronistic coincidences she had been having. She wanted to learn of their specific meanings and had been worrying herself to understand. […]
As Christmas comes upon us here in North America, we enter a time of immeasurable greed. A time when simply encroaching the day can trigger emotions of loss and loneliness, […]
Your life IS what your thoughts make it. Furthermore, your thoughts are what make YOU. If you are plagued by negative thought (stress, anxiety, sadness and anger), the likelihood of […]
Allow your ideas to become acts. Have something in your life that you can feel truly good about. Not something you brag about to others, not something you will benefit […]
Enlightenment is a difficult thing to teach, but it can fairly easily be directed. It is up to each individual student, to take responsibility for their own studies and subsequent […]