Mental Health
Living within The Mystery
“Life is filled with mystery, courage, heroism, and love –
all these things that we can witness
but cannot measure or even understand,
but they make our lives valuable anyway.”
~~ Rachael Naomi Remen MD
Greetings to all my precious people!
We are navigating interesting times. Catastrophic natural events combined with cataclysmic happenings around the world are wreaking havoc, dissonance, and despair. Yet, in the midst of mayhem, sparks of courage, heroism, and love are demonstrated as we witness people helping one another during an unrelenting humanitarian crisis. There are so many levels of hurt, combined with so many more levels of help, so let us not be blind to those who are doing the daily work of being available and showing up without fanfare. I am reminded of the comment Mr. Fred Rogers shared: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Take heed, have faith. Look for the helpers—and demonstrate the best of humanity by being a helper, too! continue reading
Dream Beyond the Illusion
“All that we see or seem
is but a dream within a dream.”
~~ Edgar Allan Poe
Greetings to all my precious people!
We are in the midst of eclipse season and on the brink of October—which promises to be a month of personal re-orientation at all levels: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Imagine these weeks as a re-ordering of all your cells, aligning you with the new resonant vibrations that support living from the wisdom of Self and tapping into your personal power. Old structures, outdated beliefs, unsupportive habits and relationships continue to collapse around you as Source creates space in your life for new patterns. continue reading
Are you making space for POSSIBILITY?
“I am making a home inside myself where grace blooms
in grand and glorious abundance,
a shelter of kindness that grows all the truest things.”
~~ Julia Fehrenbacher
Greetings to all my precious people!!
Eclipse season has arrived and there is a sense of chaotic anticipation sprinkled with a bit of consternation and worry. Have you noticed anything out of sync in your world this week? The Harvest Moon on Tuesday contributed both light and shadow to the night, and the dance of yin and yang was evident in the sky. But it was also a reflection of what was occurring inside each of us, since we are part of the tapestry of Nature. What part of you might have been eclipsed? What feeling, relationship or habit might have come out of the shadows lately? Are there aspects of your Self that sparked some glimmers of imagination and possibility? continue reading
Let There Be Room for “Not Knowing”
“Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there’s a big disappointment, we don’t know if that’s the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don’t know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don’t know.”
~~ Pema Chödrön
Greetings to all my precious people!
We are halfway through September and on the cusp of Eclipse season, as Nature and the cosmos move through their eternal cycles and predictive patterns. Paying attention to the world we inhabit offers us clues to the unfolding shifts that are mirrored in our physical body and impact our emotional and spiritual levels. Many of us check the weather reports daily as forecasters offer their predictions and guesstimates based on changing wind patterns. But how often do we consider touching base with systems like cosmology or astrology to get a sense of which way the wind blows, or the moon rises? continue reading
Release & Let Go
To let go does not mean to get rid of.
To let go means to let be.
When we let be with compassion,
things come and go on their own.
– Jack Kornfield
Greetings to all my precious people!
The summer of Great Yang is officially over and we are on the edge of Autumn, a changing or liminal point in the natural cycle of the Earth. The word liminal comes from the word “limin”, which means “threshold” in Latin. Indeed, the transition of each season finds us on the threshold of change and shift, as we, along with the natural world, move from one space to another. continue reading
