Oh, That Again
I don’t know why I would be surprised after so many experiences of this, but it seems as soon as I bring forward an issue and face it directly and squarely and do the letting
Authenticity
Had a great session with my Spiritual Director today. One of the things that came up for me was going deeper into bringing more of my authentic self to the table when I am having
Look Again
What is there to say? Life goes on day after day, The fruits of effort Are harvested Whether or not I’m aware. Sometimes I just Need to pay attention, What I have been waiting for
Wave of Love
Today I have a meditation for you. When I sat down to write, I lit a candle and asked what love would like to share through me today. This meditation is what came forth. It
Resting in the Unknown
Five days into September and the leaves are falling here in St. Albert. Seems early but then I think fall always seems early somehow. I love this season though, when Mother Earth is preparing for
Responding in Uncertain Times
Wow, there’s a lot of commentary today about Alberta’s idea for getting people to go for vaccinations. There’s also a lot being said about Texas and the Taliban and Covid in general. Opinions and positions
Birthday Reflections
Today is all about reflections on gratitude. I am grateful for the 68 revolutions I have completed around the sun. That’s 24,820 turns on the axis of this Earth. Wow, what a ride it has
Spiritual Wisdom or Spiritual Bypass?
I read an article in Unity Magazine this morning by a minister in the US who happens to be black. He was writing about spiritual bypass and white privilege. I have to admit it was
Persistence
Couldn’t get to sleep last night, found myself in total resistance to not being able to go to sleep, LOL. That’s the way it seems to go, I get insight into something then I get
Resistance?
I wonder where ideas come from some days. As I was getting ready to do my journaling this morning the thought struck me that all lower vibrational feelings such as shame, guilt, apathy, sadness, fear,
Blessings
The gifts of spirit just keep coming. I just found out I can pay my tuition for the Spiritual Director training in Canadian funds rather than US. It’s a rather large difference which I actually
A Beautiful Day
What a full and rich day! Started with a talk titled Rise and Re-Emerge at the Centre for Spiritual Living South where I shared some thoughts on all the Divine qualities that are inherent in
Tonglen
Today’s journal musings were centered around defensiveness and humiliation. As I opened to seeing what was behind some of my most recent defensive feelings, I realized that there was fear of being misunderstood and humiliation
Breaking Through
What a difference a day makes, both in temperature and how I feel. It may be a lot colder out, but I feel 100% better after a wee bout with the old sinus yesterday. The
Context
Still having fun playing with opposites and now it’s gone a bit deeper to hanging out with that ‘container’, which is what I am, where the opposites play themselves out. I think it’s always important
More on Opposites
And the beat goes on with the play of opposites. I noticed myself starting to feel kind of rushed today since I didn’t get up very early and I have some prep work to do
Opposites
The idea I’ve been playing with the last couple of days and especially in this morning’s journaling is the pairs of opposites. It came up in two different books I’m reading, and the idea certainly
Differing Ideas and Opinions
Powerful reminder today about listening and asking open, honest questions instead of discounting and shutting out when something is said that I don’t agree with. I know I have done this many times in my