The only thing you have control over are your actions and reactions (and really, that level of control is dependent on your level of self awareness). Any time you buy into the illusion that you have control over more than that, you are setting yourself up for frustration and burn out. Control issues are the…
Category: Monday Message
[Monday Message] Do it differently
The only constant is change. May of us do not like chaos, but chaos is inherent in creation, all creativity comes from chaos. It is the burst of energy that gives the impulse of Spirit to life. When we give in to the ego attachment to stasis, we are willing the Universe to cease to…
[Monday Message] Just Be You
Just be you. At some point in your childhood, you learned to not be you. You learned to present masks to the world based on the expectations of those around you. You may not even remember anymore who you are at your core. Let the world know you as you are, not as you think…
[Monday Message] Letting Go of Regret
Regret: (v.t.) & (n) to be distressed about or sorry for (event, fact); grieve at Oxford English Dictionary (1964) Take your power back from the past. You cannot change it. Live free and unfettered by things you cannot change and focus on changing those things that you can, which are all in the here-and-now. Now…
[Monday Message] Practice makes perfect
Spiritual practice implies action; practice is a verb as well as a noun. Sitting around and talking about it is merely philosophy, which is nice, but doesn’t get you anywhere until put into practice. Practice also implies that we’re not going to be doing it perfectly any time soon. Lama Khemsar Rinpoche has been known…
[Monday Message] Expectations of beauty
The Universe will always live up to your expectations. This reality, this plane of existence, is a hologram, a dreaming, a product of your imagination. Everything you experience is a manifestation of an internal process. When your emotions are cattywompus, your plumbing acts up. When you are lacking internal peace, people around you will be…
[Monday Message] Focus on you
When you keep your focus on you, your life will run much more smoothly. That is not to say that it’s all about you; on the contrary, minding your business more than the business of others allows you to be on equal footing with everyone, because we are cells in the Body Divine and equally…
[Monday Message] Treasuring the mundane
One of my favorite prayers, which reminds me that the mundane day is to be honored: Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure that you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let…
[Monday Message] Spiritual success and material success
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow…
[Monday Message] Out with the old, in with the new
“This too shall pass” -Abraham Lincoln, possibly “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” -Benjamin Franklin “Change is the only constant in life” -Heraclitus “Everything changes, whether you want it to or not” -me When we are not in acceptance of the fact that change is a constant,…
[Monday Message] Kindness in action
There is a difference between niceness and kindness. Niceness is being a doormat. Nice is keeping sweet in the face of abuse. Nice has no boundaries. In kabbalistic terms, nice is being all the way over on the pillar of mercy. Its energy is scattered, wasted, feeds nothing. Kindness is being willing to tell the…
[Monday Message] Perceptions
Expectations create your perceptions. Perceptions define your experience. Your world is made up of your experiences. You are absolutely a co-creator of your universe! What if you expected miracles? Not miracles defined by you, those are wishes, and they can limit the possibilities. What if you expected the Universe to have your back? Not according…