Questions and Answers

It is hardest for us to see the answer right in front of our face.  Not because we’re blind, although that can be the case at times.  Sometimes our assumption, our desires, and our fears can blind us to everything around us.  But most of the time we’re just fixated on finding the answer “out…

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Scorpio Full Moon

“As we approach Wednesday’s Scorpio Full Moon and distance ourselves from the recent Sun/Saturn opposition we can best use this time to consider where in life we are skimming the surface in order to avoid the apparent darkness of depths we would prefer were not there. “This is not an exercise in misery or some…

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Junk In The Trunk

There are a great many things in life that we either do not or cannot deal with in the moment:  feelings, situations, choices, trauma…  This doesn’t mean that they don’t happen or that we can avoid them, but we aren’t or aren’t able to be present to deal with them in the moment as they…

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Pushing When The Door Says Pull

We’ve all done it.  More than once, I’m betting.  Whether in big matters or small we have ignored every message, every indicator, every response, every reaction even within ourselves and pursued that one thing we’re stuck on to the point of exhaustion, just to take a deep breath and keep on going.  “Stuck on stupid”…

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Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all those who are mothers and are loving their children, and grandchildren, step-children, step-grandchildren….You deserve this day for all the wonderful things you do and for all the doubts you suffer and you do the best you can.  There being no manual to follow you’re building the plane as you’re flying…

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Surrender

Most of us think of surrender in negative terms.  It’s associated with loss, loss of sovereignty, loss of control, loss of the goal we were striving for, possibly loss of dignity, loss of self-esteem.  Surrender is something we see mostly in terms of conflict: war, politics, rivalries, and business.  People try to dress is up…

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Kintsukuroi

“Everything happens for a reason” Well, that’s a lovely thought and I know it has really helped people through horrific times.  Unfortunately I find, over and over again, that it isn’t the truth.  I look in people’s soul books seeking an answer for why this or that happened, what the person is meant to learn…

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You Actually Do Know

There is so much wisdom stored up in each one of us.  I’m amazed by how much comes forth from the most average looking person in a random setting during a seemingly normal activity.  We’re all professors of life full of enlightenment who spend most of our lives refusing to talk with ourselves about it…

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Spiritual Sleight of Hand

You know how when something is on your mind it seems like that something is everywhere all around you?  Like your mind puts a filter in place and now everything else fades away and all you can see is that thing?  Told you can’t have dairy and suddenly everyone is eating dairy, cooking with dairy,…

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