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 …
Category: Healing
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. …
Cursing
Recently, a topic came up that I’ve not discussed here before. That of cursing. We could say cursing is the opposite of gratitude. It is an angry expression of non-acceptance. Some people curse habitually. In …
The Lesson
I don’t recommend searching for issues to fix in ourselves. That just cultures a sense of being broken. It can be pretty hard on relationships too, if their sharing gets an “I’ll fix you” response …
My Friend, The Mantra
This post is more personal. It’s not an example of a typical process. I first learned an effortless meditation back in 1974. It made an enormous difference in my life, soothing my physiology and opening …
The Magic
I’ve spoken before about the dynamics of consciousness. How the Divine quality of Liveliness stirs Alertness to become aware, flows within itself until it curves back on itself and becomes self-aware. In self-awareness is a …
Our Service
On a recent retreat, Malika explored purpose and a technique for connecting with ours. It surprised me how insightful this was. She shared what Source said on the topic. “All beings together are the system …
The Cause of Suffering
The field of action is one of cause and effect, of action and reaction. Nature maintains balance in the system to sustain it. If we act in a way that pushes the balance off, nature …