Healthy boundaries arise from the level of our instinct. They are our deeper wisdom's way of telling us what we need to do or say in order to preserve our well-being. As humans we spend a lot of time and resources creating and maintaining boundaries toward others and toward nature. We spend relatively little time and resources setting inner boundaries toward ourselves. It is the latter kind of boundary that hones our maturity - Continue Reading
Leaders and Followers – Part 2
For those of us who live lives where (yes, most of us do work ... and yet) we have ‘leisure time' – what do we use this leisure time, and energy, and attention for? We are droned to spend it glued in front of the television, the iPod, the cell phone, the computer, the … whatever electronic device you wish to name – without discernment. Without using these ‘tools’ as just that – communication devices that can deliver enriching, Continue Reading
7 Tips for Amazing Spaces
Here are a few suggestions for how to create vibrant, inspiring spaces ... Square edges stop energy flow ... so angle furniture in corners of rooms Plants add life! Water them with love and regularity - sing to them if you choose! Their presence will energize you and 'clear the energy' Create flow in the synergy of colors ... avoid clashing colors ... choose calming and / or energizing ones Natural light! Spaces are more Continue Reading
Living a Yogic Life – Part 2
The second challenge for those of us yearning to live a more deeply meaningful, peaceful, ‘yogic’ life is this: ‘Free’ will (read more in my forthcoming book “The Ego and The Soul – A Map for Humanity’s Ultimate Survival”) allows us the option to align ourselves with what we want – or stray from it. Inherent in ‘free’ will is the deluded disguise that – because ‘I can do anything I want’, I am somehow not Continue Reading
Simple Examples of Conscious Actions – A Check List
Here is a simple primer of how to make a difference in this world … Waste less – food, paper, toilet paper, light, heat, air conditioning, fuel. Give more – love, support, wisdom, ideas. Buy consciously – fair trade (people are paid fair wages for the work that they do), organic (it doesn't pollute air, water or soil with toxins), EMF friendly (cell phone and microwave technologies are cited as confusing the navigating Continue Reading
Contribution
There is a growing malaise in our culture, as more people work longer hours with less satisfaction – and in greater isolation – doing things that they know are unhealthy and contributing mindlessly to their individual and collective frustration. This is a growing epidemic – evident in everything from obesity to addictions to violence to suicide. So many people do work that they do not love, and stay in relationships Continue Reading