"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. ...Read More
Archives for March 2010
The Body Tells the Truth
“A trembling in the bones may carry a more convincing testimony than the dry documented deductions of the brain.” Llewellyn Powers “Few of us have lost our minds, but most of us have long ago lost our bodies.” Ken Wilbur I recently got a new GPS, and I love it! All I need to do is plug in the destination and ...Read More
The Art of Listening to the Still, Small Voice Within
"Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness." Shakti Gawain I saw the film “Crazy Heart” yesterday. Jeff Bridges plays an alcoholic country singer who connects with Jean, the lovely mother of a 4-year-old son. At the climax of the story, ...Read More
Want to Let Go? Be Ruthless and Compassionate
In the last post, we examined the usefulness of unchaining ourselves from old emotional baggage. Readers offered some beautiful comments that speak to the power of letting go. There are certainly those welcome moments when, without our doing anything, the stuck energy of emotions moves through us in one big ...Read More
What Old Baggage Are You Carrying Around? (and Is It Time to Let It Go?)
“There's a light bulb in everyone Bright enough to swallow the sun” Songwriter Stuart Davis I used to do a lot of meditation retreats – the hard ones where we would sit in silence for 10 days. When I signed up for the first one, I had no idea what I was in for. I had been in psychotherapy on and off for ...Read More