Coming Soon…
In a couple of weeks, I’m having a conversation with Gareth and Eva on the Endless Possibilities podcast. I’ll post the conversation when it’s available. In the meantime, you might enjoy their recent conversation with …
Category: Healing
Being With
When we’re sitting with someone who’s struggling, there is a range of emotions that can come up. If we’ve had a similar experience, we may share something of what they’re experiencing too. And it can …
26 Qualities of the Liberated
Dayanand posted an article on the 26 qualities of spiritual development that Krishna lists. It’s in the Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, verses 1-3. I also reviewed Maharishi’s translation, the Yoga Sutra, and some related resources. …
The Pit
Few of us had a childhood where we felt fully supported and didn’t experience any trauma. Losing a grandparent or pet is common, but the loss or departure of a parent, poverty, abuse, illness, and …
Mother Meera
Some years ago, Mother Meera came to Vancouver a couple of years in a row to give blessings. She’s one of the embodiments of Divine Mother. Today she released a meditation video. The presence is …
Idealism
Idealism is a word with layers of meaning. As a philosophy, it sees reality as mental, with the world appearance as a mental construct (or similar). It’s also the pursuit of one’s ideals, idealizing a …
Our Person
Our evolution is linear, as in stepping through the stages of development, but also cyclic. We have seasons of great experiences, and seasons dominated by cleaning house. It can be hard to find time for …
Our Family
We live in a sea of relationships, our lives interconnected with others through birth, karma, and shared origins. Interconnected groups of these relationships are like tiers of family. Our Birth family: the usual family we’re …
The Kiss of Karma
A great article by Tanuka Gupta on taking responsibility for what is arising in experience rather than blaming and bypassing, both of which perpetuate suffering. The Kiss of Karma A related quote from Kavitha: “The …
Healing Trauma
A reader recently mentioned the work of Irene Lyon, a specialist in somatic (body) healing. When we’re unable to fully process a traumatic experience, that stress may be stored in the physiology. Even if it’s …
The Biology of Not Enough
In a recent article, Kavitha Chinnaiyan made some interesting observations around early childhood development. She noted that our mental narrative-making has biological roots. That every childhood has trauma simply because our caregivers couldn’t be there …
The 5 Apology Languages
I’ve written before about the 5 Love Languages. I found this quite insightful. People are prone to recognize and express love in certain ways. If two people are out of sync, they can become frustrated. …