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Irritation Creates Opportunity

January 11, 2011

Irritation opens up the possibility for empowerment and acceptance–if we allow it.  By sitting with the irritation and dropping the story line attached to it, new possibilities become available. I had purchased a meditation audio that I tried out the other morning.  It contains the beautiful sounds of ocean and whale song.  However, at various [...]

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Relaxing Resistance and Irritation

January 7, 2011

I awoke early.  All seemed to be aspiring for me to get out of bed to begin my morning rituals.  I was resistant, but realized I would not go back to sleep. I was irritated while meditating.  I was running a story line in my mind that I had difficulty dropping.  I was agitated.  I [...]

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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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Eying the New Year

December 30, 2010

“The practice is simply being with things as they actually are.  We notice how ingrained our habits are:  to want things to be a certain way, to grasp, or to cling.  In that very moment, we remember that we are bigger than that.  That is a very powerful, humbling, and satisfying practice.”  Jon Kabat-Zinn Like [...]

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Resisting Now

December 2, 2010

I can’t seem to open myself to the flow this morning. Resistance.  I don’t want to put pen to paper.  The pain and discomfort in my body distract me.  I want to squirm away from it. How can I bring presence to this discomfort?  It is, after all, what is here now.  What if I [...]

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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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What a Difference a Day Makes

August 24, 2010

“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.  Always work with it, not against it.  Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy.  This will miraculously transform your whole life.” Eckhart Tolle I awoke yesterday morning in a state of agitation.  After I vented a bit and allowed myself [...]

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Responsibility of Connection

May 13, 2010

There are many bluebirds where we live.  Seeing them reminds me of this fellow.  I had the wonderful opportunity to connect with him up close for about a week.  What a joy to see him everyday and have this kind of intimate encounter with him.  I felt truly honored. True connection is an honor and, [...]

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Letting Go of Expectations

April 28, 2010

The pups and I were walking in the woods the other day, as we often do.  It was cold and windy here in northeast PA.  It seemed more winter than spring, so when something rustled in the leaves, I was startled to see a snake!  I jumped back and did my frightened little snake dance [...]

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Staying Contracted

April 13, 2010

Yesterday, I spoke about expansiveness being our natural state.  Today I share another experience where I felt just the opposite. I got together with a friend for the first time since we had a sort of fight.  She was mad with me for declining to do a favor for her.  We had spoken on the [...]

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