Freedom

Seen Unseen

July 25, 2011

Sometimes I can kid myself into believing that things are just as I think they are or as I’ve been told they are.  Our families, cultures, and religions tell us things are a certain way.  We hear the messages long before we can understand them.  By the time we can understand we don’t question because [...]

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The Practice of Noting What You Experience

June 22, 2011

“What we’re letting go of…is the old, self-critical inner voice, the old superego that’s so afraid of blowing it, afraid of making a mistake, afraid of looking like a fool.  That is not the same you’ll notice, as the impersonal inner witness, the practice of noting what you’re experiencing.  That’s the thing we’re trying to [...]

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A Horse, A Choice, and An Aspiration

May 3, 2011

“If you aspire to become an evolutionarily enlightened human being, your ability to do so depends upon accepting the simple fact that independent of external circumstances, you always have a measure of freedom to choose. That sounds like a simple statement, but it’s amazing how many intelligent people will deny it. When you look honestly [...]

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Wild and Free

April 7, 2011

We forget.  I am reminding us.  Look within…the freedom we seek is already there. “The Kingdom is not coming with signs to be observed.  The Kingdom of God is within you.”  Jesus “Those who seek oneness ceaseslessly find the Lord dwelling in their own hearts.”  Krishna “The Way is empty, yet contains all.  Words cannot [...]

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3-Steps to Reach Goals

March 31, 2011

I made commitments at the beginning of the year to reach goals in my life–a couple of specific and important goals.  I made the commitments to reach these goals with great intention and passion, but as we all know, intention and passion is only the key that turns the ignition. In addition to the key, [...]

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This Life, This Body

March 10, 2011

I want to talk more about pain and suffering.  I remember a time when I could barely tolerate this world.  My thoughts were constantly on heaven where I believed I would no longer suffer.  This life and this world were simply a matter of surviving until I entered glory.  In other words, grin and bear [...]

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Life is Practice

January 6, 2011

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”  Marian Wright Edelman Life is practice.  Being faithful to that which is before us in each moment is the [...]

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Life is Grace

January 5, 2011

“Listen to your life.  See it for the fathomless mystery it is.  In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness:  touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”  [...]

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Pain in the Butt

November 29, 2010

What is this pain in my butt?  What could it be—I ask repeatedly.  Day after day, I ask but nothing comes to mind.  I go to the chiropractor.  She asks how I am.  I hurt! I say.  I feel ashamed, embarrassed—most of all, I feel weak.  I have a sudden insight.  The pain is a [...]

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Shoo Shame

October 26, 2010

I went to a cooking class last night where I saw some folks I had met a couple of days before at a party.  I was happy to see them, but I realized that I felt some shame.  The shame surprised me, as it always seems to do. I felt shame that in my enthusiasm [...]

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