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4 Steps to Connecting with Spirit

March 25, 2012
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Sometimes in this great wide world, it is hard to keep alive in our minds our connection to spirit. So mired are we in the chaos, the demands, and desires that lay claim to the bulk of our fixative thoughts, that our divinity, yes, our own true sacredness, appears lost. Let me be one more [...]

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Feeling of Compassion

March 18, 2012
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I’ve suffered a lot in my life. From a young age, I was so busy figuring out how to survive, that looking compassionately—with love, warmth, and kindness—upon myself was simply too hard to come by. When I was introduced to Buddhism at 16, I began in my brain to grapple with healing from within, and [...]

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The Cultivation of Deep Love

January 29, 2012
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I take tremendous pride in myself as a parent. Being a mother has indeed been the greatest, most healing gift in my life.  I also take it rather seriously, given I had a really rough start as a child. Though my parents are still alive, I don’t think of them as parents at all, and learned [...]

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Questions of Kindness

October 30, 2011
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We all know the surprise we feel when a stranger acts wonderfully kind for no apparent reason and for nothing in return. We call these acts of kindness random, because we have gotten so out of touch with kindness in our daily lives. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if instead of shocking us, kindness was just [...]

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Beauty of Breath

October 16, 2011
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What’s your relationship to your breath? Do you have one? There are days that go by when I take about two full breaths. Sound familiar? I have a magnet on my vision board that reminds me to BREATHE and a huge Inhale, Exhale card obviously doing the same. But it’s still not enough. I mean, [...]

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No String Attached

October 9, 2011
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What if we were joyful simply just because? We all know the feeling of our hearts spilling over with joy. Can you imagine feeling this way all the time, or at least believing you could feel this way at any given time? There have been stretches in my life when I’ve been starkly aware of [...]

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