Adventures In Disappointment
Looking for adventure? Willing to take a risk? Here’s the challenge: what’s one of the most common feelings you avoid or resist? Try this exploration of disappointment.
Want To Run Away?
I showed up to this gathering feeling fantastic – and the last thing I wanted was to start feeling sad as the people around me were expressing their grief. No – no – no – I definitely didn’t want to go there. I started looking longingly at the door. Was there any way I could slip away – without being noticed – and just go on my merry way? No chance.
Thought Catching
Thought catching is not for the feint hearted. I have to be willing to face all the thoughts I catch. It can be horrifying. It can be embarrassing.
Can We Take A Break From Guilt?
Let’s play a game. It’ll be an experiment. For one day don’t do anything out of a sense of guilt. See what happens. If your life doesn’t fall apart with your unleashed freedom – try extending the experiment to a couple days.
Losing – And Then Finding – My Voice
It was a hugely social event – and there I was unable to add my voice, unable to tell stories or add my laughter and comments to other’s stories. This was incredibly frustrating for super chatty me.
Shake the World
In a gentle way you can shake the world
Answering the Call
The path of awakening often begins with the path of healing. Through our healing, we access a profound experience of opening and at one-ment. What is calling you to a deeper quality of life?
Resisting Resistance – Embracing Change
I’ve got to be honest. I resist autumn. I just never want summer to end. You’d think I’d realize that resistance does no good. Summer ends, every year, no matter what. So this year, when I started to feel that resistance bubble up – I thought – time to try a new approach. Let go. Release the tension. Relax into the present moment. Open my heart to exactly what’s happening right now.
Samskaras – The Untruths That Cause Suffering
Some of us are well aware of our pitfalls – our traps of thinking that trip us up over and over. Some of us have been working for years to try and rid ourselves of these traps. And yet, we keep getting caught in the same old, same old samskaras. So we commit to trying harder to rid ourselves of this darkness, believing that’s it through pushing ourselves that we will overcome.To be honest, I don’t think that works very well. Fortunately a wise teacher recently suggested a different approach.
Cycles
Cycles are sequences of events, ever repeating but never the same. Expressed as the in-breath and the out-breath, night following day, summer making way for fall, markets that boom and slump, and the cycle of life [...]