Two Kinds of Resistance
As Yoga describes, there are two basic kinds of resistance to what is. The first is Grasping. This is trying to hold on to what passes through our lives. We try to hold on to …
Category: Healing
Trust vs Power
In considering the Trust article, it’s useful to distinguish between trust and power. Brené defined trust as: “Choosing to make something important to you vulnerable to the actions of someone else.” More commonly it is defined …
Emotional Pain
Most of us carry unresolved emotional pain, even if we’ve had fairly uneventful lives. Being born into our family’s unresolved pain will do the job. A child is designed to be wide-open and mirror their …
On Trust
A reader sent me this excellent talk by Brené Brown on The Anatomy of Trust: Update: that video is no longer available. This page seems to be the talk. A few notes: Trust is built …
Healing Affinity
Once we move past our “own” junk post-awakening, it becomes apparent that there is still lots of collective junk to clean up. As this cleaning or healing will improve quality of life for most everyone, …
Healing Compensation
Dharma is that which sustains. This gives us a stable platform for life and growth. Life itself is about balance for similar reasons. When something goes out of balance, the system will seek to restore …
Digesting Contraction
There’s a take on purification I realized I’d not covered. Unlike some psychological approaches, we don’t have to dig up every trauma and challenge we’ve ever faced to clear it’s impact. That would make it …
Flavours of Bliss
It may seem ridiculous to say this but everything we experience and the movement and energy behind them can be experienced as bliss. By that I mean deep, resonant happiness. Life is like an ice …
For the Brave
The spiritual path is not for the faint of heart. It’s all about becoming more conscious. But this means everything – not just the Divine and the heavens but the suffering and darkness too. And …
Our Natural Laws
Our Natural Laws are those that are emphasized and expressing here in our life. Like our DNA, we’re all built of the same laws but each of us have a small percent that vary in …
Managing Anxiety
We live in a world where the dials are gradually being turned up. This brings us great opportunities for growth but also the stress of almost constant change. Globalization has made our world smaller but …
Passing Illness
Last week, I came down with a cold and was reflecting on the experience. The body was sick, the mind foggy, but peace and happiness where undisturbed. This reminded me of a verse in the …