REFLECTIONS
REFLECTIONS Looking back and reflecting on moments in our lives can be deeply revealing. Seeing an event in retrospect offers us a unique vantage point not always available when we are caught up in the drama of the moment. Whether it is something we have said, something we have been told, someone we have judged, … Continue Reading
On the Road to Mt. Sinai
Take one broken marriage, a bon voyage phone call to a friend and a don’t-give–a-damn attitude of a 20 something rebel and you have all the ingredients for a journey of a life time. At least it was for me. Escaping the shame of leaving my quadriplegic husband and the crippling judgment of … Continue Reading
We Made It- 2013
We made it. The Piscean Age has ended and we have stepped into a New Era, a New Age, and new energy. The Age of Aquarius has dawned. So what does that mean to each of us on a personal level? What does the energy feel like? How … Continue Reading
Teaser Tuesday-hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading
Teaser Tuesdays Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure … Continue Reading
10 Keys to Being Who You Are
When we say, “I am just being myself” what do we really mean? How many times have you heard someone say that sentence to you? How many times have you heard yourself say those words? I used to say them myself. I heard myself apologising for my own opinion, as if it was not … Continue Reading
Fukoshima and the Unacknowledged Gift of the Japanese people
Fukoshima Everyday there are new events that claim front page headlines in our news papers and yet the events of the past are not necessarily resolved just because we don’t hear about them anymore. The effects of the March Earthquake/Tsunami and Fukoshima is a case in point. We don’t hear about the people who still … Continue Reading
Grateful for Gracious Japan
Gratitude Japan left me humbled, grateful and totally inspired. It is easy to be lost for words in Japan and that has nothing to do the fact that I speak no Japanese. The degree of community consciousness, coupled with an unshakable foundation of honour and deep respect permeates the very air you breathe, throughout Japan. … Continue Reading
What does it mean to be spiritual?
There was a time, I admit it openly, when I actually believed being spiritual meant I had to be calm and peaceful and relaxed, no matter what. I actually believed that if I yelled, or felt angry-irritated- upset- rejected ( put in your own word) I was not being authentic to the work I was teaching. I actually thought … Continue Reading
Conscious Living Conscious Dying Part 5
Jonny Kennedy- He had the last word. God Speed to a beautiful soul
Conscious Living Conscious Dying Part 4.
Jonny Kennedy-even in pain he knew he was not his pain. Jonny was frank about his feelings on his upcoming death and practical about the arrangements. The film featured moving interviews with his friends and family, including his mother Edna, who had been his life-long carer and faced the prospect of Jonny’s death with disarming … Continue Reading