I came across some simple but profound research thanks to Jonathan Kaplan’s Urban Mindfulness Blog about the effectiveness of Gratitude. We’ve all known that gratitude is powerful and it works, but there’s nothing like scientific evidence to please our rational minds. Thanks to our conditioning, the lack of evidence often sets us back much more [...]
“The best gifts are tied with heartstrings.” —Author Unknown “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” –Dolly Parton No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, every person is your teacher. – Florence Scovel Shinn Fear is the cheapest room in the house. [...]
An email forward I received recently. Found it very inspirational! Wishing You Lightness
Perfect action is one that leaves no trace of regret. In the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, achieving perfection in action is described as a 3-step cycle that we keep repeating as long as we take action =). 1. Action 2. Introspection 3. Surrender With each action, we are asked to reflect and learn such that [...]
Aim For Balance. A friend wrote in recently and asked how he can stay focused on positive things, when through life experience his mind has come to focus on negative stuff. And it got me thinking. As young children we’re told that we need to look for the silver lining, the half-full glass and the [...]
It does not fully acknowledge or apply all the evidence that… Touch heals Sound heals Light heals Scent heals Foods heal Thoughts heal and further… Breath heals Words heal Emotional release heals Meditation heals Prayers heal Fasting heals Exercise heals Massage heals Posture heals Spinal alignment heals Affirmations heal Visualization heals Natural environments heal Aromas [...]
“The price of anything is the amount of life you are willing to pay for it.” Thoreau “A compromise is an agreement whereby both parties get what neither of them wanted.” via @JessicaNorthey on Twitter “When you say ‘I love you’ you are actually saying you have awakened a place in me where I am [...]
Each of us have a pretty good idea about what we would like in a partner; a checklist of qualitites that will make the ideal relationships. I remember when I was single. I thought I would meet my ideal girl in a bookstore (wipe that smile off your face!), beautiful, intelligent, independent, a great conversationalist, [...]
Change. Always happening, yet always difficult to master. We are all always changing, and yet, not always in the ways that we want. =) Can change be mastered? Can we choose how we want to change and actually do it? Can it be achieved joyfully?These are some questions that I ask, as I scratch my [...]
(1) We are all made up of energy that vibrates so fast, we appear solid. (2) Just as water carries ripples, we are all connected by field which responds to our thoughts. (3) Whatever we focus on, this field brings back to us as life experiences. (4) We can change our life experience by changing [...]