Breakthroughs can be desirable or undesirable. You can have breakthrough pain or you might break through the ice on a lake in the winter neither of which is desirable. You can be working on a math problem and have a breakthrough or trying to determine the cure for a specific type of cancer and have […]
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To enter deep listening, I’ve had to learn how to keep emptying and opening, how to keep beginning. We must honor that listening is a personal pilgrimage that takes time and willingness to circle back. With each trouble that stalls us and each wonder that lifts us, we are asked to put down our conclusions
Meditation is a practice in being present. And it is only when one is present that one knows and feels the Presence within and all around. The first thing that takes place in meditation is that we start to see what’s happening. Even though we still run away and we still indulge, we see what
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The Buddhist Metta (Lovingkindness) Prayer is simple but profound. It starts by blessing oneself and gradually expands outward from there, eventually wishing good intentions for the entire world and all beings, even our enemies. There are many variations and translations of this prayer, but what follows is the essence of it; if we all said
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Society often defines Empowerment as: “authority or power given to someone to do something”. This suggests that a person becomes empowered by something outside of themselves, that it is something given to them by another person. We often hear about being empowered by our job or by a crowd that is listening to a speaker.
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It seems to happen every year for me. September comes and I am determined to be organized before November. Then the busyness of the fall carries me into November without the preparation I had envisioned. If we choose to listen to all the busyness of the holiday season, we can become overwhelmed, depressed or anxious
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As I was contemplating writing about Healing, I kept seeing and hearing in my mind the immigration children who had been separated from their parents at the border, crying and feeling so alone and scared; feeling the fear of their parents. I finally realized that was what I needed to write about. Fear seems to
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Spiritual Practice in Daily Life When the world around you seems to be challenging your basic spiritual beliefs, it is time to re-visit what those belief are. I found myself at this point a week ago. The news of the day was distressing in that much of the news was focused on who was disrespecting
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Relationships as a Path of Spiritual Growth Relationships can be a primary motivator for change in one’s life. Whether this change comes from people moving (actual physical moving or distancing through a change in work or leaving this spiritual plane) or whether the change comes due to deep disagreement, lack of communication or fear. All
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[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Intentions Earlier today, I went to the Muslim Jewish Alliance of Boulder’s 2nd Annual Meeting at the Islamic Center in Boulder. A Muslim woman named Paola, spoke about the importance of intention in the Muslim spiritual life and the importance of being present moment to moment with that
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