Most of the time we look at our emotions as in the way. They interrupt our plans, confuse us when we have things all figured out, point out inconvenient truths we are very strenuously ignoring, and all around bug the crap out of us. So many people are out there trying to will them away,…
When we get into the beginning of a year we’re somewhat geared up to think that new things are starting, that new projects and challenges are forming, that we’re getting a fresh new start on things. What we don’t take into account is that with any new anything, there’s a bunch of prep work that…
We’re still in the beginning of the year and there are a lot of us who are still recovering or hung over from all the emotional things that happened last year. Year of the goat, thankfully, is not an explosive year of impactful events, thank goodness, but a time for long-term planning, really meaningful progress…
I hear from clients, students and even friends that they know they are like this sometimes or tend to that a lot or need to work on such and so *deep sigh*. Then comes the fork in the conversation that can go in one of three ways: “but” – I’m not dealing with that right…
There is a huge bias in the spiritual community towards soul groups, soul mates, and having known people for many previous lifetimes. We all want to be appreciated, to feel connected, to be unconditionally loved, to be approved of and to have relationships which are alive and active and easy. No one likes to work…
from The Thirteen Petalled Rose by Adin Steinsaltz There is another and deeper problem: that of self-delusion. Just as people sometimes delude themselves that they are “in love,” so can they believe that they are praying, that they are having a religious experience, even though it is only a false spirituality. A person may think…
I get asked a lot about old souls and new/young souls. People are told they are old, that they are new, that someone they know is old or new and then they want to know what that means. The hard part for me is that it means a whole lot and a whole lot of…
By Mary Oliver In winter all the singing is in the tops of the trees where the wind-bird with its white eyes shoves and pushes among the branches. Like any of us he wants to go to sleep, but he’s restless— he has an idea, and slowly it unfolds…
I often hear or read where people are wanting us to love each other more and that will counter act or even negate the anger that is occurring in the world. If we just loved more, then anger wouldn’t exist. I don’t understand where that notion comes from because if you’ve ever been a parent…
2015 is the year of the Goat and the theme is creating an eloquent relationship with our emotions and becoming competent in hearing their wisdom and acting upon it. With the current tragic events unfolding in France, one of the emotional misconceptions we are taught is being highlighted in bold. Anger is wrong and it…