I’ve done something really huge for myself. I’ve put me first. Usually, I defer to other, giving them the benefit of the doubt. I’m not saying that I shouldn’t seek to understand. No. I’m saying that my default position is to give up on what I want in the face of trouble on the other …
After many years of experience with the Akashic Records, I still seek out Readings for myself — why? Simple. Presence. When someone opens my Records for me, I am free to show up for me within the presence. Presence in the Akashic Records is often overlooked when the need to know becomes painfully intense. This …
Fierce Self-care. This is my focus for 2019. Not because I’m just learning to take care of myself. This is my focus because I want to acknowledge all my hard work over the last seven years. I want to give myself incentive to not give up or back away. Maybe you know a bit about …
My office is in my home and my home is a one-bedroom apartment. I’ve worked from home for more than 15 years and have trained myself to truly work. I’ve learned habits to help me accomplish my professional goals and I’ve learned to let go of house chores which can easily keep me from getting …
The Hope of Choosing Me Over Grief reflects my inner exploration in the moment of feeling both hope and grief. I am in grief, feeling a sorrow over something which has yet to be and most likely will not be. Layers are falling away, layers of hope unfulfilled. Hope that perhaps…maybe…and now will not be. Not …
My mind and my heart have been full of thoughts and feelings of love. How I love myself and how I love others . . . a beautiful journey filled with the pain both of surrender and merging, autonomy and solitude. This morning, I thought of the following words which dig deep into the wings …
I wrote this article, Bubbles of Ecstasy: My Mother’s Passing, to help me process and with the hope that my story might help someone else with their own experience of passing, and of grief, and of bubbles, Life’s defining moments come from the unknown, sailing past expectations, catching one unaware, in awe. Out of time …
Trusting You is Trusting Me — a two-way road which only works for me when I begin with me.
To Be Held Gently came to me after recent visit to the Portland Japanese Garden. I visit the Portland Japanese Garden often. In part because I am a volunteer garden guide. In part because it is such a beautiful place. This morning, sitting at the Sand and Stone Garden trying desperately to connect to the sand …
Photosynthesis and the Human Body explores the spiritual effects of physical body experiences. Photosynthesis: turning light energy into chemical energy. It’s good to sweat! Doesn’t have to be physical exercise. Sitting in the sun, an infrared sauna, or a hot yoga room. When you sweat, you’re energetically taking in light and letting it go. Getting …
Adventure in Truth came while reading a book and coming across these words: When we let ourselves see only what we expect to see, we view the contents of our own minds and miss what is truly before us. Takashi Matsuoka, Cloud of Sparrows One of my main challenges in life is to go beyond what …
Dear Moma! I love you! It’s been twenty years since you passed, but I have missed you every day that you have been gone! Though there are many times I feel you with me especially in song. Every day I think of something I would like to ask you. And I think how you might …
Is it possible to be lost in space if there is not space? To answer this question, another question needs to be asked first: How do we think of space? There is outer space, the location and its contents outside of this earth’s atmosphere or past our known solar system. There is inner space or …
In Indian mythology, Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, is the remover of obstacles. Chanting his mantra, Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha, can be a powerful practice for releasing obstacles of all kinds, both external and internal. The seed sound associated with Ganesha is GUM — and just this syllable can be both repeated to yourself and allowed …
I must confess that I have trouble letting go of the demand to know exactly where I am headed. I have realized recently, once again, that I am dealing in the world I call Nuance of Change. Maybe you know this place? For me, it’s where change and shift in my life doesn’t happen in …
From the One Source, energy is motion in awareness. One Source is that which has awareness of ALL. Motion is also about differentiation.
I witness the divine presence of God in ALL. Whatever faith is claimed, God is present. Spiritual life is learning to step beyond limits.
Life is a Dance: not a time for sorrow. A time to claim trust and open to the joy of the dance and the unknown of your next step.
Within the spiritual energy dynamics of the soul, the origin of love begins in the first moment of soul awareness. The individual soul arises within the divine motion of All That Is. A moment of spontaneity. A moment of vulnerability. A moment of complete trust. There is no hesitation. There is anticipation, excitement, and joy. …
On your spiritual journey, learning about the entirety and the wholeness of self is the most powerful experience.