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One of the most profound spiritual teachers in life is Nature itself. Being in nature can bring calmness and centeredness and a relaxation found no where else. But nature can be an amazing mirror, inspiring and teaching us. When you learn to look closely, you'll recognize that the patterns in ...
If you are in midlife and are afraid of having a crisis -- or are beginning to be afraid that you might -- what can you do? There are many potential solutions. Seek professional coaching or counseling Sometimes all we need to get through what looks like a 'crisis' in our lives, is have ...
The first step in experiencing or manifesting anything in our lives is to be clear on what it is we really want. - the word really is important here as you may or may not have yet discovered. But, how do you get clear? And how do you get to know what you really want? Begin by clearing the ...
There are a lot of people today who are talking about the end of the Mayan calendar which takes place in the year 2012. Some are confusing it with the end of the world. Others are saying, it is the end of the world as we know it. What world are we going to create for ourselves? Our Personal ...
I read sometime back about an architect who designed and built an office 'campus' complex. He did not put in any sidewalks, or footpaths between the buildings. He just planted grass and waited with patience. After a few months there were well trodden paths between all of the buildings, which he ...
Many years ago I read a book that was one of the most eye-opening and personally impact-full books I've ever read - and I read all the time. It's by a man named Wally Minto and it's called The Results Book. I'd like to introduce you to some of his ideas. Understanding the power of Your brain ...
1. Know what you Wantn - Get Clear. Most people don't know how to do this well, but we all know the things we "Don't want" - so, start there. You might actually want to write down your complaints. Just don't dwell on them. You're going to use them for step 2. 2. Turn around your complaintsn ...
I read sometime back about an architect who designed and built an office 'campus' complex. He did not put in any sidewalks, or footpaths between the buildings. He just planted grass and waited with patience. After a few months there were well trodden paths between all of the buildings, which he used as the map for his footpaths and sidewalks. While this may seem clever -Many of us create our life Paths just this way. We wait to see where others have walked successfully or ju
Beauty is so much more than physical appearance. Of all the definitions of Beauty that I found in my research, the one that appeals to me most is by a man named George Bancroft : Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite. Webster's Dictionary defines Beauty as "Pleasing to the eye; felicity, especially of appearance; graceful or balanced structure; aesthetic perfectio “ There’s a lot of emphasis here on the senses – on appearance - …. Today, I want us to stre
Most of you are probably familiar with the Prayer of St. Francis which begins, Make Me a Channel of Your Peace. It’s a beautiful prayer and fits perfectly into stage three of spiritual growth. This is the stage where we recognize that while we do create things by our thoughts, we are actually co-creators with something much higher than ourselves, with the Universe, with God, with the Divine, if you will. I remember studying the fact that God is both transcendent and immanen
Most of us live our lives moving back and forth between being victim and believing that life is happening to us and being manifestors or co-creators and knowing that we are responsible for what is coming into our lives. (stages 1 and 2 are known as TO ME and BY ME) The third stage of spiritual growth, known as THROUGH ME, is all about allowing things to happen rather than making them or forcing them. All my life I’ve known that I could have or do anything that I put my mind
There's an old saying from the Talmud that every blade of grass has an angel watching over it constantly whispering, GROW, GROW, GROW... If that's true about Grass, what must be true about us? Eric Butterworth in his book, Spiritual Economics wrote, Life is fundamentally a matter of growing, a growth experience. Missing the mark is one of the ways in which we learn to hit the target. Failure is a vital part of achieving success. We have erroneously thought of success as "get
I’m always looking at the ways people reinvent themselves and how they live. One of my mantras in life has been “how much is enough”. It seems that most of us never feel like we are enough, or have enough. I’m also clear that it is the very nature of our spirit to grow and want more. What does all this mean? There was a show on Oprah recently that showed people living in small spaces – very small spaces. And both Nate Booth (the designer) and Oprah kept asking, how much do w
Would you like to be following your bliss? What are some ways you can figure out what it is that you really want? I’ve been coaching clients for years with what I call the Smile test. I simply ask them to tell me what they are now doing or being and then what they THINK they might want to be. (remember, I don’t take ‘I don’t know’ for an answer!) And, then, I simply tell people when they are smiling. That’s it. It’s really that simple and it works every time. We often try to
Do you know what you really want? You may have difficulty with this question because the answer is hidden deep within you buried beneath a sea of shoulds. Most people make decisions about their life and work based on what is generally considered “right” and “good.” What they think they are supposed to do - living from the outside in: letting others people’s expectations rule your life. You do what you do because that’s what you have been told to do. It’s a good recipe for fru
Do you know what you really want? You may have difficulty with this question because the answer is hidden deep within you buried beneath a sea of shoulds. Most people make decisions about their life and work based on what is generally considered “right” and “good.” What they think they are supposed to do - living from the outside in: letting others people’s expectations rule your life. You do what you do because that’s what you have been told to do. It’s a good recipe for fru