“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
Die Before You Die
“When it's over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.” ~Mary Oliver “Die before you die”…this is a phrase from the Zen and Sufi spiritual traditions, and I recently got to see the meaning of it up close. For a month, I watched my ...Read More
Discovering the Sacred in Everyday Life
“Sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness.” ~Galway Kinnell Although you may not realize it, your everyday life is already sacred. It’s a matter of the perspective you bring to it. A friend told me that she is starting to become more aware of things in her life she never noticed before. She now ...Read More
How to Make Space for Joy and Celebration
“You have the freedom, ability, and authority to love your life. Just be you, then wait.” ~Gangaji If your attention is in your head, and you’re going over stories, worries, and resentments for the zillionth time, there’s no way you’re going to experience the joy and celebration you just somehow know are ...Read More
Meeting Anger with Love and Understanding
“Whatever you resist you become. If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because ...Read More
Out of Habits; Into Freedom
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” ~Albert Einstein If you’re interested in finding freedom from automatic habits that overtake you, where do you start? How can you begin to make the sacred shift back to yourself? Just asking this question is an opportunity for ...Read More
What Does It Mean to Accept Your Present Moment Experience?
“Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.” ~Ramana Maharshi I talk a lot about accepting your present moment experience. Someone recently asked what exactly I'm inviting you to accept, and I’m sure she isn’t the only one with this question. Should you accept abusive ...Read More
Take a Glorious Breath
“Best of all is to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.” ~Konrad von Gesner Most of us underestimate the power of a conscious breath. But if you want to stop the momentum of programmed habits, it’s a tool you’ll want to have in ...Read More
The Pain of Judging Thoughts
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." ~Rumi Any belief that we hold onto makes us feel separate. We blame, criticize, and divide the world into right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable. The pain of the judging mind runs rampant. Every day I hear of people ...Read More
Getting Out of Prison
“What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.” ~Eckhart Tolle We all hold identities about ourselves, and these are the filters through which we view the world. Say that being capable is part of how you define yourself. That means you’ll ...Read More
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