On Seeking Enlightenment: Sitting with All Parts of Myself.
Not just the parts I think I like, but also the parts I tend not to like. The parts of me that seek forgiveness. The parts that are angry.
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The Truth About My Attachment to Buddha.
As my attachment to Buddha grows and I feel myself becoming more and more inclined to bow before him, I have to wonder, what is it that I’m searching for?
Sid and His Five Ascetic Friends. {fiction}
A single raindrop plops into the dark water. Sid isn’t Sid anymore. The moon sets, and Sid lifts his eyes. Venus, the Morning Star, a brilliant flickering ember racing toward the horizon. Speechless, the mystery decloaks and stands naked in the mirror; his question has been answered.
A Feminine Path To Enlightenment.
As I went about doing the various tasks mothers do in our day-to-day lives, I couldn’t help but notice that there were many similarities between the things I was doing, simply by playing my mothering role, and the spiritual techniques I had been practicing and learning about previously. Yet, I ...
My Journey From Abuse Towards Wholeness.
Nature mirrored my connection with the whole. I was no longer alone, I belonged.
5 Ways To Reach Enlightenment, Be Sexy & Set The World On Fire.
When you start living life in a more awake or enlightened state, things change. You eat differently, your space becomes more important to you, your spiritual practices become the backbone of your existence, and above all, what’s true for you becomes your Bible.
A Seeker’s Guide To Contentment.
Sometimes you need to lose focus, get dirty and drown yourself in deep levels of frustration and confusion in order to feel that familiar and fond invitation to discover new unfathomable levels of clarity. For that is our job as the seekers of the world. That is our purpose.
The Impossibility Of Being — A Call To Creative Action.
As we develop and grow into adults, and become ourselves, we are inducted into the notion that now we must Be someone -- the very person that we are, but not exactly… no, who we should be as ourselves is a man-made construct based on our particular family, culture, society -- often in direct ...