How does dying before you die bring fulfillment to our lives? We all will die. Just as the cherry blossoms come and go, so will we. How can we live our lives to the fullest in these challenging times?
The Vernal Equinox calls us out of the darkness into the awakening of new life and balance. As the light returns, we can feel the life force begin to move through us. The Equinox brings hope and new birth, yet it can also be a time of confusion.
Compassionately Loving Ourselves to Finding Life's Purpose Compassionately loving ourselves [...]
Many years ago, I was beginning my life as a facilitator for Shalom Retreats, a psycho-spiritual healing modality.
I grieve for a bright, shining light that has now been extinguished.
One way of knowing ourselves is by identifying our core beliefs.
We are living in challenging and complicated times. Every day, we hear stories about the harrowing consequences of climate change, the suffering of people in war-torn countries, the extinction of the plants and animals on our beautiful earth, and the inability of our government to take care of the needs of its people.
We live in a world of duality — up and down, right and wrong, young and old, alive and dead.
The 4 of Cups in the Rider-Waite deck represents a time of dreaming when the querent needs to pay attention to the energies pointing toward the dream that wants to manifest. This is not a time for building but for listening and contemplation.
Sometimes, I like to think of myself as a tree. My roots are deep, and they tangle around the mycelium that the fungi spread out beneath the upper world to tie everything together.