The only way to truly understand oneself is through experience. Life is an exquisite montage of trial and error and we must have personal experience in order to fully integrate a lesson. Wisdom comes to those who have developed an understanding that lies beyond knowledge. Often this takes many lifetimes to achieve. We arrange to […]

My dogs are great teachers. Always willing to play and experts at living joyfully in the present moment, they remind me to keep things simple. But they are also wonderful energetic barometers. Domestic animals are our guardians of spirit and like everything else in the world, they reflect the energy around them. As we are immersed

Yesterday I spent some time communing with sacred mother earth at our new home – playing with the trees and flowers, watching the interplay of bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, each carrying it’s own loving messages from the Divine. The large yard had been left untended for the last several months and I was delighted to

When you understand that suffering is a teacher, it ceases to be something that has to be vanquished. Suffering has no value unless it is conscious suffering. The moment the mind begins to work overtime, thoughts of fear or analysis permeate your ability to experience joy in the Now. The way to cut through this

At the center of your being lies a profound wisdom. This is a place of balance and integration which you have been carrying all along and this core of love can transform the mundane into a deep and abiding connection to the Divine.  No matter how fragmented or frustrating life can be, peace resides at the

Transformation enters our experience when we create a space in which it can be received. This only happens when we choose to expand into new ideas and ways of living. The human condition is to create a comfortable life based upon deeply held beliefs. But what happens when the paradigm shifts and those very beliefs are

Everything that you believe about yourself exists because you learned it. Judgments, opinions and points of view are developed over time and limit the infinite potential which with you were born. We can learn to re-create our perception of reality through new interpretations and there are many, many ways to interpret life. If the perception that

Wisdom is within you. When we seek enlightenment, the ideas and concepts that spark our awakening are reflections of what is within. When you respond to particular teachers, know that they are merely a reflection of you. Many people have surges of passion for life and then associate that energy with the teacher rather than with

Many people hurry from one thing to next forgetting to savor the mystery of the present moment. It’s time to slow down. Whatever you choose to do, do it mindfully. Enjoy your food, pause to appreciate the beauty around you, speak consciously and simply do one thing at a time. Silence and mindfulness will begin

Before enlightenment the human condition was to run from one thing to another searching for answers or trying to get ahead. We worked because the work needed to be done and planned for the future, we searched for love and struggled with doubt. After enlightenment, the ordinary things of life began to take on a sacred quality.