If I “be,” I allow. “Being” says that I trust The Universe and can let go, knowing that whatever comes is for my highest good. I may not like what happens, but I know that The Universe is working on my behalf. We call this “faith”. “Doing” is different. “Doing” says that I do not trust. I haveRead more
Regrets of The Dying
Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who works in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. As she worked with these people she kept hearing the same themes repeated over and over, and so she gathered their dying epiphanies into a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. What isRead more
No Wounds
I was in pain. The reasons aren’t important, the pain was. I had asked for help, and the response came calmly, without emotion and with great compassion. Had these words come from a fellow shaman or even some guru, I might have paused, but this was not the time for that. This insight needed to be accepted withRead more
I Want
by Ross Bishop “I want” may be the most debilitating phrase in the English language. Of course, we all want things – to eat, to be safe and warm, to be cared about, to grow spiritually. But when we mix the ego into it, wanting can take on a whole other dimension. “I want to be happy,” “IRead more
Coping With Life
You do not love yourself for reasons – centuries old reasons. Let’s look at life and see where those came from. The first thing that happens is that life presents you with a situation (an opportunity), to move to greater compassion. Many times you will resist doing that because it conflicts with the way you see yourself. SteppingRead more