Don’t Go Back to Sleep

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth… Read More →

Overcoming the Primitive Habit of Fear

How many times a day do you feel fear? I’m not talking about abject terror like the kind you have when a tsunami or a wild animal is bearing down on you. I… Read More →

Even today I still arrive…

In his poem, “Call Me by My True Names”, Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh writes: Do not say that I’ll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive.   I love the feeling… Read More →

Get uncomfortable!

Yesterday, I decided to go for a bike ride under unusual circumstances. In my town of Kelowna, BC,  where I’ve lived now for a year, I’ve encountered many challenges that I never faced… Read More →

Is the universe working through you?

In preparing for our work day, it helps to remind ourselves that we work best when we set the ego aside and let the Universe work through us. In all of our interactions,… Read More →

Your Valentine’s Day Gift: Self Acceptance

Books for Practical Enlightenment

Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying two really useful books from Sounds True. The Intimate Life adds a new dimension to human interaction. Through a series of exercises, the author Judith Blackstone, PhD,… Read More →

Pure Awareness and the Obliteration of the “I”

Image from Stock Xchng One of the wonderful side effects of meditation is the way it can eliminate at least for a time the overwhelming connection with ego, with the small self that… Read More →