\\\”Life is a continuous ebb and flow, like the seasons, like the ocean’s waves. When we learn to \\\’ride\\\’ with them, our life becomes easier, with less resistance.\\\” ~Romy Macias~ Yesterday I was on the receiving end of a barrage of anger from a neighbor. Because I am not bi-lingual, it was difficult to know […]
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\\\”Life is a continuous ebb and flow, like the seasons, like the ocean’s waves. When we learn to \\\’ride\\\’ with them, our life becomes easier, with less resistance.\\\” ~Romy Macias~ Yesterday I was on the receiving end of a barrage of anger from a neighbor. Because I am not bi-lingual, it was difficult to know
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\”Life is a continuous ebb and flow, like the seasons, like the ocean’s waves. When we learn to \’ride\’ with them, our life becomes easier, with less resistance.\” ~Romy Macias~ Yesterday I was on the receiving end of a barrage of anger from a neighbor. Because I am not bi-lingual, it was difficult to know
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\”Life is a continuous ebb and flow, like the seasons, like the ocean’s waves. When we learn to \’ride\’ with them, our life becomes easier, with less resistance.\” ~Romy Macias~ Yesterday I was on the receiving end of a barrage of anger from a neighbor. Because I am not bi-lingual, it was difficult to know
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\”If people can learn to hate they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than it\’s opposite.\” ~Nelson Mandela~ The ego has a vested interest in being right. It creates opinions based upon ones level of consciousness, attaches to them, and sees opposing viewpoints as wrong. To strengthen
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Spiritual practice has little to do with logical explanations. The mind will always question ‘Why?’ when challenges arise. This desire for knowledge is an egoic trap which tells us that we must understand in order to alleviate our discomfort. Any reasons we discover – psychological, physiological, karmic, etc. – are only part of the
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“The ego says, ‘I shouldn’t have to suffer,’ and that thought makes you suffer so much more. It is a distortion of the truth which is always paradoxical. The truth is that you need to say yes to suffering before you can transcend it.” ~Eckhart Tolle~ The human experience is paradoxical. Through anger we discover
“I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~ Once we drop mind-made labels of race, religion, sexuality, health, politics or heritage, we can explore life more fully. Labels create limitation that is often expressed throughout our varied interactions. Righteous judgment or
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Enlightenment is not about being perfect. It’s the process of experiencing a conscious, empowered life as best you can with what you have from where you are. Anyone can experience higher levels of wisdom, awareness and spiritual connection in meditation or on a mountaintop; however, mastery is bringing that same energy down from the mountain
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“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.\” ~Henri Nouwen~ Empowerment, mastery, fulfillment, abundance, freedom… all begin and end with joy. The only thing over which you have any control is how you choose to respond to life. Occasionally, the ego (in its reactive state)
