“Just know that you are above and beyond all things and thoughts. What you want to be, you are it already. Desire nothing, for you lack nothing. The very seeking prevents you from finding.” ~Nisargadatta Maharaj If you look closely, you’ll see that the mind always tells you there is something wrong with this ...Read More
Getting Back on Track
“Insofar as we're not conscious, we're not free.” ~Gabor Maté Just about every day I speak with people who tell me how they get off track. They feel disappointed when their expectations aren’t met, get trapped in the inner critical voice, bring irritation into their relationships, or believe the thoughts that tell ...Read More
Bringing Ease to Your Present Moment Experience
“Open your heart to who you are, right now, Not who you would like to be. Not the saint you’re striving to become. But the being right here before you, inside you, around you.” ~John Welwood If there’s one thing I wish you knew, it is this: it’s possible to bring ease to your present moment ...Read More
The Ease of Non-Attachment
“Non-attachment is not the elimination of desire. It is the spaciousness to allow any quality of mind, any thought or feeling, to arise without closing around it, without eliminating the pure witness of being. It is an active receptivity to life.” ~Stephen Levine Some time ago, I was speaking to a charming ...Read More
Soften Something
"You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life." ~Eckhart Tolle Soften something. This is a phrase I once heard in a yoga class—it's an invitation that is simple and profound… Soften something…see what happens when you let this possibility ...Read More
What Is Your Window on the World?
"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, Infinite." ~ William Blake How does your world look to you? Is it scary and uninviting? Filled with people who complicate your life? Does it leave you with a sense that something’s missing? As a formerly unhappy and confused ...Read More
The Heart and Soul of a Peaceful Life
“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” ~Hafiz Is your daily life filled with struggle? Are you prone to feeling stressed, out of sorts, and just plain unhappy? It is absolutely true that a peaceful life is possible for you. It’s not going to happen by magic, and it might take a while for the ...Read More
Give Up Control—and Be Kind Instead
“Everything that kindness touches relaxes into its true nature.” ~ Pamela Wilson Are you stuck on needing to be be in control? You’re definitely not alone. As humans, our brains are constantly finding problems with ourselves that need to be solved. By instinct, we notice what we think is wrong—then get busy trying ...Read More
Are You Afraid of Being Still?
”I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything." ~Alan Watts Are you afraid of stillness? Are you afraid of being quiet, of relaxing into yourself, of being intimate with your own experience? I understand ...Read More
Relax and Be
“When by the flood of your tears the inner and the outer have fused into one, you will find Her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart.” ~Sri Anandamayi Ma Whether you consciously know it or not, the truth of your essential nature is and ...Read More
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