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Reflections on 2010

December 28, 2010

I am taking time to reflect on 2010 and look forward to 2011 and I want to share some of my reflections with you.  I would also love to hear your reflections! Favorite Personal Achievement: I’m most pleased about my continued spiritual practices that have resulted in some significant shifts.  I am also pleased that [...]

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Touching the Ground of Being

November 30, 2010

“Let the great search wind down; the self-contraction uncoil in the immediateness of present awareness; let the entire Kosmos rush into your being, since you are its very Ground; you have never moved, and it is all exactly as it should be, when the robin sings on a glorious morning, and raindrops beat on the [...]

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Attention to Words

November 23, 2010

Yesterday, I began the challenge to say nothing negative for 21 days with the hope that this will lead to a permanent shift.  The challenge has caused a bit of a buzz (thanks in part to Sean Madden, creator of Mindful Living Guide, for posting my blog in several places), and many have joined me.  [...]

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21-Day Challenge

November 22, 2010

A few days ago, I came across a challenge to speak nothing negative for 21-days.  I don’t remember where I saw this challenge but it impacted me enough to consider trying it.  I decided it would be far more difficult than the 90-day media fast I took this past summer.  Just entertaining such a challenge [...]

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Creative Impulse

November 11, 2010

I realize that I have contracted in response to the stress of the last week.  I can feel that I have been holding on tight.  It’s the way of my family; we tend to hold stress in our bodies, and we suffer as a result.  Contracting rather than expanding. However, I feel compelled to expand [...]

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An Expanding Heart

November 8, 2010

“Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence.”  Kurt Goldstein I awoke thinking of family.  We have some significant medical issues going on—life and death issues–even a medical crisis right now.  I know many other families who are in similar situations.  It can be frightening.  It is [...]

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Impulse and Resistance

September 17, 2010

“We don’t really go anywhere, we just take our time getting there.”  From the movie, La Mission I have this impulse towards spirituality, towards awakening, towards expanded consciousness—and resistance.  I play at spirituality.  I hang out in the shallow end, dabbling there. I have dived into the deep many times but quickly return to shallow [...]

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The Responsibility of Consciousness

August 30, 2010

I am having many encounters with lizards lately.  I remember that I loved playing with them as a child.  I was not always kind to them in my curiosity.  I vaguely recall placing one in alcohol to “put it to sleep”, then attempting to do surgery.  I genuinely thought it would wake up after the [...]

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It Matters to This One

August 17, 2010

“When you act out of present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love—even the most simple action.” Eckhart Tolle It matters to this one.  It matters to this one. It matters to Gee Whiz that we are caring for him, that we are giving him intensive time and [...]

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Aligning with Immensity

March 31, 2010

How much longer will you stay oblivious of the immensity of yourself? ~Rajneesh In some traditions we are told that we are nothing—a wretch even.  In other cultures we are told that we are everything—my needs are the most important. We hear much talk of overcoming ego or stepping into our power. We get mixed [...]

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