Are You Stuck On A Spiritual Merry-Go-Round?
The lower self can take a genuine part of our journey and make us think we are spiraling inward when we are just spinning endlessly in circles.
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Spiritual Practices for the “Meditationally Challenged”
I have long considered myself a very committed student of personal and spiritual development, placing my spiritual growth as the number one priority in my life. At the beginning of my spiritual journey, it didn't take long to realize that everyone I spoke to and...
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An Intensive Encounter with the Naked Beauty of Life
Life recently threw me a surprise party. Yup, it intentionally set things up so that I would experience a somewhat sustained period of circumstances that left me feeling overwhelmed, anxious, helpless and perplexed.
It talked me in to traveling to Vermont for a week long personal Pathwork Intensive Retreat at just the right time, just as I was up to my eyeballs in difficult feelings. And then, once I gave myself fully to the silence and seclusion alternated by individual sessions with my Pathwork Helper, Life surprised me beyond my wildest dreams.
Why would anyone choose to carve out a week to immerse themselves in seclusion and silence, alternated by intensive sessions that are challenging and exhausting?
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Who Ever Said Transformation Had to be Boring?
Have you ever had that moment of grace when you received a flash of insight not just in your mind, but in your heart and soul and every cell of your body? The kind that seemed more like a remembering than a discovering for the first time? A realization like...
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Quench Your Thirst For More
Imagine yourself wandering amidst a wild expanse of unchartered land when you come upon a small trickle of water making its way through a mostly dry river bed. It’s barely enough to wet your whistle, certainly not enough to sustain your life. Feeling dehydrated, you...
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Are You Ready to Live Your Life as Light?
Recently I attended an evening where Arun Gandhi, grandson of the great Mahatma Gandhi, was speaking as part of his "Live Your Life as Light" tour. It was an extremely inspiring evening, and I left reflecting on what it means to live your light. How can we live...
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It’s Your Life, and You’re Invited!
Whether you are conscious of it or not, your life is a spiritual journey. If you spend all your years chasing fame, money, status and recognition, it’s still a spiritual journey. If you spend your time hating, judging, and inflicting cruelty, it’s still a spiritual...
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Falling From the Self – Care Superwoman Pedestal
Early in my recovery from co-dependency, I remember someone suggesting I should shift the focus from taking care of others to taking care of myself. At the time, that seemed like an almost impossible order. What did I like to do? What did I need? What did I want? ...
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Living “Awake and Alive” at Sevenoaks Retreat Center
Something very special happens when you drive onto the property at Sevenoaks Retreat Center. Winding down the long gravel driveway, I always feel like I am arriving home. Sevenoaks is my spiritual home. The land here has been called “spiritually seasoned,” as the...
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Are You Chasing Pleasure or Running Away From Pain?
At different points in my life I have bought into the idea that life could be the utopia I heard about in the storybooks. Certainly when I was younger I believed that it was possible to find Prince Charming, settle down with two kids, a dog, and a white picket...
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