“I don’t know” is such a fascinating phrase. It has so many uses: some good, some bad. We use it in so many different scenarios to express different things, and at times, it can offer such a profound statement of truth that it makes your brain swirl. But I think it’s important to begin to […]
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So this is obviously not a horticultural blog, but since a lot of people like the sandcastle metaphor that I used with the ego recently, the garden will be my metaphor for spiritual awakening. Cultivating Your Spiritual Path I specifically named my ebook, “Everyday Spirituality: Cultivating an Awakening,” because in the truest way, all we
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First off, this blog post is specifically written for people after a spiritual awakening. This post isn’t for people who are feeling disconnected from their hearts or for those who are feeling generally frustrated at knowing that this world is screwed up, but not knowing how to change it. This also isn’t addressing depression nor
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At the heart of any spiritual practice is…well…the heart. How can you have a spiritual practice without love? I see some people try. They get lost in the machinations of their minds. They are trying to think their way to enlightenment and are caught up in philosophical tenets and meditative practices never turning inwards to
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It’s always amazing to those of us who are allowing the full embodied awakening to happen just how physical it can be. I know that there are more than a few pages and groups out on the Web dedicated to “Awakening Symptoms” and what-not. I don’t really like the terminology. It makes it sound like
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