“I want to unfold. Let no place in me hold itself closed, for where I am closed, I am false…” ~Rainer Maria Rilke I’m going to say something utterly profound. Are you ready? Here is it: if you want something about you or your life to change, you have to actually make the change. Change isn’t going to ...Read More
A Wise and Kind Relationship to Your Feelings
For the past two weeks, we’ve been studying emotions. You can find these past posts here and here. What have we discovered? The Essence of Meeting Emotions The physical body is primed to experience emotions. They’re normal. Things get complicated when our thinking minds try to make sense of what’s ...Read More
What You Need to Know About Emotions—Part 2
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~Rabindranath Tagore Last week we started talking about emotions. Why? Because they’re part of the human experience. Many of us find emotions overwhelming and don't know how to be with them. If you’d ...Read More
What You Need to Know About Emotions—Part 1
"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. All of you is holy." ~John Welwood Whether you are well established in knowing the peace of your true nature—or you’re new to the ...Read More
Healing at the Source of Shame
“Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.” ~Paul Tournier The more I speak to people on the spiritual path, the more I become aware of the hidden shame that many of us carry. We’re ashamed of our bodies, our thoughts, and the feeling that we’re odd, defective, or abnormal. Shame is a form of secret suffering ...Read More
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 53
- Next Page »
