“ Acceptance makes any event put on a new face.” ~ Henry S. Haskinsl ~ Pigeons! What do pigeons have to do with personal growth, you might ask? Everything! The pigeons are offering me a perfect testing ground to walk my talk, so I thought I’d share the journey with …
Category: Awareness and insights
Meditation — a must for spiritual growth
“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” ~ Buddha ~ Meditation offers the most powerful way to connect to higher guidance. The term “meditation” applies to many different practices with …
Exploring new territory
“Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different..” ~ William James ~ Are you ready to move into brand new territory, …
Build the awareness habit
“There is no waiting for something to happen, no point in the future to get to. All you have ever longed for is here in this moment, right now.” ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer ~ You’ve heard from us, over and over again, of the need to STOP and PAY ATTENTION. …
Busy? STOP and be Still
When life gets really busy, we can lose our joy and our peace of mind. Our thinking and our bodies can get locked on fast forward so we barely take time to breathe. We all have a need for balance. If we want peace, joy and health, we’ll take time …
Experience your highest awareness
“Each one of us has that capacity to move from a limited and confining sense of identification to an expanded sense of awareness. That is what we mean by transformation.” ~ James O’Dea ~ There are many different levels of awareness. You can be aware of your senses and sensations, …
Embrace your life
“If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life, as in hoping for another life, and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.” — Albert Camus Have you taken ownership of your life? When we own our lives, we accept what …
Think for yourself
“I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” — Rita Mae Brown Where do you need to think for yourself? When we begin to cultivate awareness of our thoughts and emotions, we begin to see just how much we live according to other people’s and …