I stumbled across a chakra test yesterday and learned that my root (1st) chakra needs some attention. This chakra is about foundations – home, family support, feeling safe. When it’s out of balance, we tend to feel disconnected, insecure, vulnerable, we might have trouble making decisions and trusting our intuition… sounds familiar!
Balancing this chakra is [...]
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Tending my Roots
Posted in Spirituality on November 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Learning to Love My Guests
Posted in Poetry, Spirituality on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Guest House
by Rumi
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark [...]
What Matters in the End
Posted in Spirituality on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”
~ Siddhārtha Gautama
Spiritual Spring Cleaning
Posted in Reinventing, Spirituality on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can light a candle because I need the light or because the candle represents the light I need.” ~Christina Baldwin
In his book, “Callings – Finding and Following an Authentic Life,” Gregg Levoy suggests our dreams carry messages about what we’re meant to do in our lives. We have only to ask for the messages [...]
Listening for Whispers
Posted in Spirituality on June 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.” ~Herman Hesse
Wish Me Luck!
Posted in Reinventing, Spirituality on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Practice
Posted in Spirituality on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some days I welcome discoveries as I might welcome flowers or chocolates. On those days, my beginner’s mind allows me to feel enthusiastic everytime I round a corner on a new discovery. I begin to feel confident in the knowledge that I’ve got that lesson down pat and won’t need to be reminded of it [...]
The Elasticity of Time
Posted in Spirituality on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It seems like when I focus on a question these days, the answers pop up everywhere I turn. Following are a few more thoughts on finding balance that have presented themselves lately…
In Judith Orloff’s new book “Positive Energy,” she talks about Qigong and Tai Chi as a way of finding “a balancing point.” I love [...]
The Balancing Point
Posted in Spirituality on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In my search for thoughts on “balance,” I ran across the video below. The thing that strikes me most about this is the artist’s capacity to listen to his intuition. He has an innate understanding of the balancing point that almost seems to transcend the rocks…
What Makes us Sacred?
Posted in Reinventing, Spirituality on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hubby and I have gotten attached to the “Terminator” series on Fox. I could probably do without the blood and violence that are inherent to the storyline, but there is a certain quality about the show that keeps me watching in spite of that violence.
Maybe it’s the complete commitment this mother has made to protecting [...]
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