Tag Archive | spirituality
Raising Vibrations: Living from the Heart
Hello readers, I am slowly but thoroughly reading Sonia Choquette’s “Ask Your Guides: Connecting to Your Divine Support System”. It is a fascinating book if you are interested in learning more about how each type of spiritual being interacts with each of us daily. Ms. Choquette, a psychic by profession, has been actively involved with […]
Unmentionables: Unsafe Things to Say
Hello readers, Last year, I joined a women’s coffee and religious devotional meet-up group to replace a secular women’s group of which I was previously a member . The initial group was run by a counseling center, for a fee of $35 per meeting, every second week. I often left the group feeling worse than I arrived, […]
Refreshing: Restoring Energy and Excitement about Life
Hello readers, What do you do when you are tired, feel drained, and need more energy? I see many people around me who drink a lot of coffee, and advertisements for energy drinks or pills abound in magazines and on television. Many people are or appear to be bored with their lives, which they assume must […]
Some Thoughts on the Power of Fear and Negativity…and How to Go Beyond
Hello readers, While I was rinsing some beans at my kitchen sink the other evening, the thought came into my mind that the many stressful challenges and “negative” experiences that have peppered my life were expressly chosen by me before coming to this Earth and this lifetime for a specific purpose. I often wonder why […]
As Light As a Feather…
Dear readers, It is interesting to contemplate where the center of being or the soul resides. Some cultures say that it is as small as a bean or seed, a concentrate of potential. Our culture believes that the soul or mind lives in the brain. Personally, I believe that the soul only temporarily takes residence […]
The Lost Symbol
In art school, more specifically at the French national art school, I learned that using symbols and visual symbolic language was not a good thing if I wanted to be a good contemporary artist. Good art at the time was cool, made with expensive and impressive materials, such as extremely large full color photographs, preferably […]
Balancing the masculine and feminine
My motivation for starting this blog is my observation that people around me seem to be seeking happiness, or a sense of purpose for their lives in the wrong places. Being human involves a lot a suffering, and suffering is necessary for growth. Growth means maturity – taking responsibility for who we are as a […]