Wow Moment

When you strip away the cacophony, love is speaking through the stillness. \”Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.\”   ~Eckhart Tolle~  Practice listening. Observe without mentally labeling what you see. Choose to […]

Unexpected challenges are meant to wake us from the sleep of illusion. \”Spiritual practice includes learning how to open-heartedly receive the shocks of life – the things you don\’t like, the people who criticize you, the job that goes wrong, the partner that leaves, the health that fails you – whatever shakes you up.\”  

No matter how far you have come, remember this… you have only just begun. \”I wanted a perfect ending. Now I\’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don\’t rhyme, and some stories don\’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the

Choose to fall madly in love with life. \”Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not “I love you” for this or that reason, not “I love you if you love me.”

Intuition is like a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets. \”Come from the heart, the true heart, not the head. When in doubt, choose the heart. This does not mean to deny your own experiences and that which you have empirically learned through the years. It means to trust your self

Everyone who enters your life has a role to play in your growth. \”The spiritual practice of relationships is about working on ourselves only, freeing ourselves from the constricting grip of our own unhappiness. It is not the other person\’s job to take our unhappiness away; our discomfort is our own responsibility. Attending to our

Treat yourself with kindness and compassion. \”The joy of Being, which is the only true happiness, cannot come to you through any form, possession, achievement, person, or event – through anything that happens. That joy cannot come to you – ever. It emanates from the formless dimension within you, from consciousness itself and thus is

The ego loves to judge, blame and criticize. Purposely choose not to participate in such behavior. \”Blaming is an addition. Justifying ourselves can keep us lost in our stories for hours, days, and even years. Blaming puts the focus on the perceived faults of the other and lets us evade the necessity of directing our

Everything that you experience supports your spiritual awakening. \”Spiritual practice includes learning how to open-heartedly receive the shocks of life – the things you don\’t like, the people who criticize you, the job that goes wrong, the partner that leaves, the health that fails you – whatever shakes you up.\” ~Ezra Bayda~  This world was

Embracing a mystical life creates joyful, lighthearted experiences. \”If the only prayer you ever say in your life is thank you, it will be enough.\”  ~Meister Eckhart~  Gratitude, joy, celebration… all are expressions of higher awareness. Each comes from within and can never be taken from you. Choose to take life a little less seriously.