The third option - just like the 3rd Way to Express Anger - is largely unknown within our human culture. It is what meditators becomes so proficient at. It is simply observing. Witnessing. The power of the witness is little understood amongst humanity. Like in the quantum physics "observer effect", the power of the witnessing mind 'holds space' for transformation within the system that it is witnessing. We readily assume that, to Continue Reading
Subtle Energy Fields – Part 2
I – like thousands of people on this precious planet – am highly sensitive to subtle energy. My home is an extension of my energy field. And so whatever enters my home enters my energy field. How I came to this ‘aha’ realization was through two flashes from my past: 1) In the 1980’s, when I first began sharing homes with ‘strangers’ (house-mates), I became aware that I have a natural affinity for Feng Shui – the Continue Reading
Re-Sensitizing Our World
Our collective malaise is simply this: We are out of touch. Because we have numbed ourselves to our own inner wounds - in a valiant attempt to keep functioning, to 'survive' - we have simultaneously numbed ourselves to the world around us. When we are not alive in the 'Now', we are not noticing the ecological and human issues that impact us all: famine, disease, war, corruption, draught, pollution, global warming Continue Reading
The Most Precious Gift
I realized as a child that perhaps the most precious 'gift' we can receive at a young age is the gift of someone who believes in us. I recognized that life – what a person's life becomes – is very much a reflection of whether we were supported or chastised as a child. If we had the good fortune of having positive experiences – ones in which we felt good about ourselves and/or for which we received adoration and praise – we are Continue Reading