“You have to stop renting your life as if it belongs to someone else.” – Rev. Muata Rasuli The Universe is constantly expanding and is always asking you to expand along with it, to evolve into your greater yet to be. You are always at choice as to whether or not you’re going to go along [...]
Being the Change
Contribution to Peace
Over the weekend, I met up with a friend for coffee. She had suggested meeting near the Egyptian Museum in San Jose, a place I did not even know existed. After catching up for a bit at the coffee shop, we decided to wander across the street to walk the grounds of the museum. Upon passing [...]
Being the Change
Sweet land of liberty
Until now, I have purposefully chosen not to write about politics because, frankly, politics doesn’t make me feel good. It’s divisive, and too often the focus is on show rather than substance, with many politicians first eliciting fear and then telling you how they will solve it. But this week as the vitriol following the [...]
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Accept the gift, because you are the gift
The other night I had a dream that has stayed with me as I “noodle” its meaning in my life. In it, two dear friends of mine had a gift for me. In the dream, I knew they were planning to give me this gift, and yet I avoided them because I was embarrassed that [...]
Angels Among Us
24 Hours of Kindness
Once a year, Michael Chase, founder of The Kindness Center, spends a full 24 hours on the streets of southern Maine without sleep, performing spontaneous acts of kindness. For Michael, kindness is a philosophy to be lived, a moment-by-moment choice for how to be present in the world. And for the rest of us, he [...]
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Reggae and the Tao
This morning during my meditation, two things repeatedly “called’ to me – the Tao Te Ching and Steel Pulse’s song “Chant a Psalm.” So, having learned to listen to that “still, small voice,” I immediately opened up my iTunes library after completing my meditation. Chant a Psalm, with its upbeat music and uplifting lyrics, never fails to [...]
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Prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your Peace; where there is hatred, let me sow Love; where there is injury, Pardon; where there is doubt, Faith; where there is despair, Hope; where there is darkness, Light; and where there is sadness, Joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled [...]
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Today I choose love
As I continue on this healing meditation journey for the country, it’s becoming more and more clear that there is so much within me that is being healed. And I’m finding that what is really being healed is a sense of separation. The more I breathe, the more I clear. The more I clear, the [...]
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Let the healing begin!
Last night as I was lying in bed getting ready to fall asleep, I started to think about the 40 days of healing prayer that begin today. The question that kept churning in my mind was this – what was it within me that was causing the appearance of discord and disharmony within our government [...]
Being the Change
Imagining what if?
It is challenging these days to turn on the television, surf the internet or read a newspaper without being confronted by stark reminders of the diminishment in civility, respect and trust in the political discourse of our time. I have no doubt about the sincerity of many involved in the process as they pound the table [...]
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