#kindness

Quiet Contemplation

  In a world of constant bombardment, advertising,  and opinion, it’s vitally important that we tend to our inner peace. Spiritual health and well-being are paramount. When balanced, we can more easily demonstrate the qualities that define the enlightened experience: compassion, kindness, patience, humility, wisdom, and Love.   Give yourself moments of quiet contemplation. Turn […]

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Creating Peaceful Experiences

  Consider what you can control in your experience. Rather than seeking outside validation or waiting for someone or something to change, create small spaces of joy. One of my friends planted these beautiful flowers. Each morning when I walk past her garden, I receive a growing token of her love and light.   When

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The Impact of Consciousness

  Spiritual truths are simple – Harm None, Know Thyself, Be Here Now. As consciousness expands, we naturally respect all life as sacred. From the tiniest insect to the grandest of trees, our choices should reflect honor of all living things.   Some traditions based their decision making upon the impact a choice may have

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Divine Love

  “Divine love makes us true to ourselves and to others… Divine love is the solution to our difficulties and problems. It frees us from every kind of binding. It makes us speak truly, think truly, and act truly. It makes us feel one with the whole universe. Divine love purifies our hearts and glorifies

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Collective Experience

  Shared humanity creates humility and compassion. Over the course of many lifetimes, we experience everything that a human being can possibly experience. Through the contrasts of love and loss, imbalance and healing, success and failure, abundance and want, we explore myriad nuances that ultimately teach how to honor each journey as sacred.   When

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What We Can Learn

\”Animals are a window to your soul and a doorway to your spiritual destiny. If you let them into your life and allow them to teach you, you will be better for it.\” ~Kim Shotola~ There is a language of Presence, unconditional love and joy that speaks without words. We can learn its myriad nuances

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Humility and Oneness

10/30/2024 “The whole of planet earth is a sacred site. All people are the chosen people, and the purpose of our lives is a spiritual one. May we care for each other and for the earth, for everything relates to everything else. Feeling this Oneness, may we radiate the light of love and kindness that

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Looking Through the Eyes of Love

10/19/24 When falling in love, everything looks different for a while. Seeing sparkles of beauty and vibrancy everywhere, lovers often see past the challenges. The rush of passion heightens their frequency and changes the filter through which they view the world. For many, once the honeymoon period is over, the passion gets dampened by the

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Friendship

\”Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.\” ~Anais Nin~ Sometimes we meet others and feel an instant connection. From the moment of ‘hello’ there is a feeling of safety and warmth and this person brings

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Compassionate Action

“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.” ~Sharon Salzberg~ We are continually in the process of learning how to walk in the world deeply connected, yet understanding that each journey is a solitary

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