“With each day, we have this choice: we can build walls, block ourselves from the light, and suffer a dampness in the soul. Or we can live barely, shine on through, and suffer the nicks of erosion for living in the open.” ~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening Don't get hung up on the... Continue Reading →
The difficult assignment of being who you are
“Become what you already are.”~ St. Gregory of Sinai “To change radically means waking up to reality as it really is, not as we presume it is.”~ The Monks of New Skete, In the Spirit of Happiness No one tells the seed to change. No one would call him incomplete, lazy, disappointing. He just is.... Continue Reading →
No care for the steps
“The ego wants resolution, wants to control impermanence, wants something secure and certain to hold onto. It freezes what is actually fluid, it grasps at what is in motion, it tries to escape the beautiful truth of the fully alive nature of everything.”~ Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome May we taste today the dance of... Continue Reading →
No body but yours
“... Vedic philosophers in India… welcomed the erasure of the individual self and its fusion with the universal. They rejected the Greek dualism between the body and the soul–and, indeed, between the individual body and the cosmic soul. They termed the self atman… The universal, multitudinous self, in contrast, was the Brahman. For these philosophers,... Continue Reading →
PEACE and LOVE
Remember the old RICE method for taking care of soft tissue injuries? Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate? Turns out that passive methodology of healing wasn't helping us to meet our full potential. Decades of research and advancements in the healing fields have brought us a new acronym to take care of ourselves after trauma and injury.... Continue Reading →
