~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour.” ― Gabor Mate, “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is my last post in the series on addictions. Today, we will dig into the …
You have seen the movie. First, there is the painful drama: Awful, abusive father and/or ditched by creepy lover and/or loses job. The protagonist is struggling and miserable, and then experiences her or his quantum shift in mere weeks. Something fortuitous happens and she wakes up. She is suddenly able to make peace with her …
We are expanding as individuals, as nations, and in the world in ways both subtle and obvious. Take a look at what Carolyn Myss has to say about that: “You are not imagining that you are more sensitive to the world around you, more inclined to need quiet time, more attuned to the emotions of …
Mystics, astrologers, and psychics explain that we are in an unusual time calling for intense transformation and a falling of the old that no longer works so that the new can emerge. What is familiar and knowable must be discarded for our vision and dreams of the future to manifest. Our past is rising up …
The acts of terror and war around the world have left me with a heavy heart. So have those acts our military perpetrated on innocent Middle Easterners. It’s painful to hear when misery is deliberately inflicted upon others. My first reaction with this latest bombing was horror, which turned to outrage. My inner voice screamed, …
Did you see the movie, “What the Bleep” several years ago? Recently, I have begun engaging in Dr. Joe Dispenza’s work, one of the presenters from that movie. He encourages folks to not only create their own reality but to do their own clearing. Of course, it is different from Compassionate Clearing. Along with meditation …
Last year seemed to engender a lot of desires for internal change, manifested externally in our surroundings and, possibly in our bodies. My guess is that you may have begun to think in terms of changes to your living space. I’ve got some useful suggestions for you. Go for it, and let me know what …
Are you unhappy with the way your life is going? Sometimes we get stuck in a situation that feels non-productive, painful, and/or boring. As partners with life, we all have both stagnant and chaotic times. Perhaps things had been sailing along pleasantly. We were comfortable to varying degrees. Or we begin to realize we have …
Your Spiritual Connection, Part 3 Blessing Others This is the final piece of my three-part presentation on developing and keeping our spiritual connection. As spiritual beings having a human experience, we should be mindful to care for this oh-so-important aspect of our beings. “You reap what you sow.” How many times have we heard that? …
Your Spiritual Connection, part 2 Develop More Self Awareness Being spiritual means that one is attentive to things of the spirit and the soul where our true self resides. In this article, we will continue to explore various ways to cultivate a more powerful spiritual connection. Truly, we are all connected to Spirit to various …
