Life’s Detours, Their Blessings and Lessons

Life’s Detours, Their Blessings and Lessons  This being a difficult week for me has brought me blessings as well. I have been thinking of my parents a lot and following a comment on my recent post “Letting Go”, found myself guided to reread the blog I originally wrote in Memory of my father In Memoriam [...]

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LETTING GO

LETTING GO I have been going through a particularly difficult week for personal reasons and these times always test us.  They are sure indications of where we truly are in our life’s journey. They remove any pretense or pretension we may have about the progress we have made along our own journey.  They are truly [...]

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Doing Nothing Is Doing Something Very Important

Sometimes, Doing Nothing Can Be the Best Thing to be Doing   Most of us, especially in the West, have been trained from childhood that sitting around “doing nothing” is a complete waste of time and a definite “no-no”. Maybe even tantamount of sin.  We’ve been made to feel guilty about it for so long, [...]

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It’s One of Those Days -Not In India

It’s one of those days. The photos accompanying this post are just my way of doing something nice for myself today–re-experiencing some relaxing days in Rishikesh, India Didn’t sleep again last nite due to my cough, woke this morning with a pounding headache-a rare thing for me – made my way to my family doctor [...]

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Living in Freedom from Fear-Messages from a Morning Meditation

“Just for today I will experience all in complete acceptance, joy,gratitude and freedom from fear”. I have been going through a very untranquil period in my life recently, feeling unbalanced, disorientated, confused, and much of this is showing up in physical symptoms of various degrees of severity.  Finding where the inbalance comes from is the [...]

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LOVE AND RESPECT – INCLUDING YOURSELF

Just for Today I Will Love and Respect Every Living Creature …thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself…leviticus 19:18 If we look at the above, the fourth of the Reiki Principles, it appears to be fairly straightforward.  It is pretty obvious to us that one of the most important things in this world is to [...]

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Unconditionally Love and Accept YOU-Happy Valentine’s Day to All

Below is a mail I received from Tom, Don Thomas, a Shaman, and it was so perfectly said, that I felt I would share it with you all as he wrote it.  I have his permission and suggest you check out his website at the end of the post My Dear Sisters and Brothers,  I [...]

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Living in the Shadow of the Past and the Power of Forgiveness

Living in the Shadow of the Past and the Power of Forgiveness Like your shadow on the sidewalk when the sun shines behind you, holding onto painful past memories darkens each forward step which could instead be filled with light. UN-Forgiveness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die The above statements [...]

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NOT “BEING BEST” Along Life’s Journey

Not  “Being Best” Not being the best, ( or “having” to be the best) at everything doesn’t mean you are mediocre or lazy, or that you have no ambition. It just means you have learned to stop comparing yourself with others and simply do the very best that YOU can in everything you undertake to [...]

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Compassion, Reason, Patience – January 23, 2012

The Light Always Awaits Us After the Storm When dealing with difficult situations, which very often involve dear friends or family members, we may often feel as if we have come up against a brick wall.  The other party refuses to talk to you, pays no attention to anything you try to say or explain, [...]

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