“Watching the moon at dawn, solitary, mid-sky, I knew myself completely, no part left out.” ~Izumi Shikibu As humans, we tend to seek pleasure and avoid pain. This is a survival mechanism reinforced by the brain that keeps us alert and ready for action. Painful emotions? Feelings behind our compulsive behaviors? ...Read More
The Happiness You Seek Is Already Here
“Love, peace and happiness are inherent in the knowing of our own being. In fact, they are the knowing of being. They are simply other names for our self.” ~Rupert Spira I was a seeker of happiness for many, many years. I really wanted to be happy, but I was anxious, sometimes depressed, had ongoing struggles in ...Read More
What About Living What You Already Know
“To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.” ~Walt Whitman If you’re really honest with yourself, if you go to the deepest place within, I’m guessing that you know the truth: the truth that living from love is possible, that you can be free of whatever holds you back, ...Read More
Flexible Mind, Open Mind
“If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.” ~Ramana Maharshi I love this quote by Ramana Maharshi because it points us to an essential truth about the power of the mind: whatever is happening in our minds is what we project onto the world. If the mind is peaceful, everything appears peaceful. ...Read More
Most Thinking: Not Necessary
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” ~Socrates I used to live my life completely caught up in my mind. An underlying sense of anxiety fed a constant stream of thinking that left me feeling stressed and out of sorts. “Should I choose this or that? What are the pros and cons? Should I have said ...Read More
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