Awareness is the first step of transformation. \”The ability to [consciously] respond is one of the greatest principles of growth. You are not following any order, any commandment; you are simply following your awareness.\”  ~Osho~ Spirituality is not about adhering to rules and following \”shoulds\” that someone else has created. The awakening spirit learns to […]

Love allows you to discover who you are in the presence of another. \”Contrary to the romantic fantasies we have about relationships, in actuality they often push us directly into our blind longings, our dark fears, and our unhealed pain.\” ~Ezra Bayda~ Being at peace in the present moment comes from being One with what

All that you seek is within you. \”When we bring a gentle awareness to the layers of our conditioning, and to the struggles that arise out of our conditioning, the power of that conditioning slowly dissolves. Life then moves toward the unconditioned – where the vastness, or love, just flows through. ~Ezra Bayda~  Once we

The greatest gift that you can give is non-reactivity. \”Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.\”   ~Rumi~    It has been said that we must be the change we wish to see. Each of us is a microcosm of our collective

Reactivity and resistance are pretty good indicators that we have work to do. \”Resistance is a conditioned response of the ego; it’s the ego’s effort to maintain control, the ego’s fear of giving up the known. Often our resistance prevents us from staying in the present moment for more than a few seconds. We resist

Let go of self-definition. \”When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don’t know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than

Your story is still being written. \”Just let it go\” is more a philosophy than an option. If it were possible to \”just let it go,\” we’d all know freedom right now. Often our only real choice is to just let it be.  ~Ezra Bayda~  We arranged this lifetime by selecting the perfect parents, place

We are all masters in the process of awakening. The only difference between us is where we are on that journey. \”Notice your ideals and expectations. Watch your habitual patterns. Observe your emotional reactions. See them for what they are. This is the path to transformation.\” ~Ezra Bayda~  It’s important to remember that you have

Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the ability to walk forward in spite of the fear. \”The willingness to open to life’s difficulties does not depend on liking them.\” ~Ezra Bayda~  When challenges arise, when we encounter loss or disappointment or experience the upheaval of the unexpected, the first response is often

\”Our self-images define our own boundaries, limiting us to the narrow ideas of who we believe ourselves to be.\” ~Ezra Bayda~  If you’ve ever spent time with someone who criticized your every move, always found fault with your choices or nit-picked the decisions you’ve made, you’d likely consider that person to be toxic, and would