“Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent.” ~ John O’Donohue Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you […]
“Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read. n this series of blogs we are exploring delusion and acknowledging the value of crises to provoke awakening. Now, […]
“You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was.” ~ Anthon St. Maarten Press play to hear an […]
“Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil.” ~ Suzanne Finnamore Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read. he Emperor’s New Clothes, Danish story teller Hans Christian Andersen’s best known story, has become a catch phrase for delusion and the difficulty of speaking truth to power. In the story, two weavers […]
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read. Alexis de Toqueville, a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, wrote that “In a democracy, people get the government they deserve.” Was he […]
“The most important thing in this world is to learn to give out love,and let it come in.” ~ Morrie Schwartz Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read. he Beatles sang, “All You Need is Love.” Were they right? Khalil Gibran wrote that “Life without love is like a tree […]
“You cannot train a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper.” ~ Dagobert D. Runes Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read. hey say that you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. But, some horses do drink. What makes the difference? There’s […]
“As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out there” —as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering— the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise.” ~ Byron Katie Press play to hear […]
“The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.” ~ Thucydides Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read. t’s said by some that freedom isn’t free. That’s both true and misleading. Yes, we must pay attention to maintain our freedoms but we are all born free, without […]
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” ~ Nelson Mandela Press play to hear an audio enhancement as you read. rue freedom is an inside job. Regardless of circumstance, we can feel enslaved or […]