What happens when you stop chasing the other side and look at where you currently are? Today, I decided to start re-listening to The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. It reminded me that our mind can create obstacles and fear-based thoughts if we allow it to. It then magnifies these thoughts …
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Be The Change you want to see in this world
Message from my 3 minute meditation this morning What is bothering you the most during this phase of your learning? People who have been given power over others often use it unfairly and ignore the needs of those they have the power to help. The answer that comes is: Then become someone who embodies power …
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Wisdom and The World
Zen Reflection Does wisdom change the world, or only how you see it? Initially, wisdom changes how one sees the world. Eventually, this shift changes the world itself. And therein lies the hope.The value of lived experiences, approached with an open and curious heart and mind, is that these experiences lead to wisdom. The more …
BRINGING In LIGHT
Our wounds originate from the places within us, where light has not yet permeated.Today, I’m becoming increasingly aware of how my triggers arise from experiences I have not yet consciously processed. Places where the light of consciousness and attention has not yet shone upon the trauma, the hurt, the fear, hidden in the deeper spaces …
Harmony
Thought we were meant to read the same book….and so we tried….over and over ….tried to match the pace so we could turn the pages at the same time. Slowing down….hurrying through…the words made little sense. Then finally, when it hurt too much to struggle through what we thought should be smooth, one by one …
The Dreamer awakening
“Outside, the Storm Rages. Inside, a Single Drop Fell.” I underlined this as soon as I read it in the book ” A cup of Zen ” by Kai Tsukimi. Some words immediately have a profound impact and reach your heart.I used to get drawn into every drama that presented itself on my life screen, …
How much is too much ?
Do I feel as if my knowledge is complete?No.Will I ever feel my knowledge is complete?No.Will there always be something waiting to be learnt, read, understood, discovered or created?YES!!Does the knowledge I already have feel absolute?No.Does it feel as though it is written in stone and will not change or evolve as I go through …
E- Prompter vs Flow
My journal entry A Cup of Zen What are you carrying that no longer serves you? The story that I am a rescuer or fixerThat I am a rescuer or fixer, somehow responsible for fixing those that come to me.I am a soul on my own journey, as is everyone else. The story that I …
In the Flow ….
The reason decisions become easier when we live in surrender is because we come to trust that the universe is fundamentally benevolent and is always working in our highest good.From that place, life no longer feels like a constant series of choices to force or control. Instead, our only true responsibility is to show up …
Manipulation : The survival strategy
There was an insight that came through the story that played out in my dream last night. When people are operating from fear, one of the ways in which they seek to control their environment … either to protect themselves or just to survive is through manipulation. Whether conscious or unconscious, manipulation often begins as …
