Archive for the ‘Self-Esteem’ Category
God Is the Authority In My Life
May 13, 2023 |
I can remember when I would have shock waves of fear that seemed to shoot through me like lightning waves. I’d have a thought that would produce a rush of adrenaline and an energetic shock that moved through me in...
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Be A Lighthouse
May 12, 2023 |
I’m noticing this week that people seem to be more volatile and more easily upset. Not everyone of course, but more than usual. Or so it seems to me. There are things happening in the news, so many, that have...
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They Blamed Me
May 11, 2023 |
Bodies are interesting, but the mind is amazing, extraordinary, miraculous! When Donald Trump was elected president, I was in Thailand. And it was interesting to me that shortly after the time he was announced as the winner of the...
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Intention to Awaken
May 10, 2023 |
When I look back at the major decisions in my life, I can see the most life-changing ones had nothing to do with the circumstances of my life. Around the age of twenty-six, I began to meditate. Even though I...
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Splinters In My Mind
May 9, 2023 |
I recently had a very small splinter in my finger. I don’t even know where it came from. The pain I felt, the irritation showed me that I had the splinter. And that pain became the impetus to do something...
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Taking Offense And Repeating A Past Hell
May 8, 2023 |
I used to get so easily offended. In fact, I used to look for things to take offense about and there were always so many. Mentally and emotionally I was constantly seething and being offended was a good way to...
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The Body As Mighty Companion
May 7, 2023 |
I recently began to think of my body as my Mighty Companion and I’m finding it helpful. Of course, the number one reason it’s helpful is because it’s another way I can see my Self, my true identity as Spirit...
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Mean Intent
September 8, 2020 |
Bobbi, my brother’s new puppy dog, Bobbi - just about 8 months old - ate my slipper yesterday. Sigh. I really liked that slipper and they don’t make them anymore. Isn’t that how it goes sometimes? I have to...
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Asking For It?
February 5, 2020 |
I’ve noticed that spiritual students are often reluctant to ask for what they’d REALLY like. It’s as though we’re past asking God for stuff, and so we don’t ask for anything. There’s a difference between asking for something and begging...
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Asking For It? Draft Do not Use
February 5, 2020 |
I’ve noticed that spiritual students are often reluctant to ask for what they’d REALLY like. It’s as though we’re past asking God for stuff, and so we don’t ask for anything. There’s a difference between asking for something and begging...
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Outsider – When You Feel Like You Don’t Belong
December 3, 2019 |
You might be surprised to learn that most spiritual students feel like an outsider. Think of it: all these people who are connected in spiritual community and yet they still feel like an outsider. At the A Course in Miracles...
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Blissed Out
July 20, 2019 |
In case you don’t know, it was the brilliant Joseph Campbell who first coined the phrase “Follow your bliss.” Bliss is a strong and fun word, and it’s for that reason that this phrase became so inspiring to so many....
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Self-Empowerment Through Acceptance
July 19, 2019 |
Acceptance of what is can bring us Peace, but not if we hold in our mind that acceptance is somehow a "giving up". We accept that what is going on is happening. We accept that what happened, happened. We accept...
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Reluctance & Resistance
July 18, 2019 |
For what must have been about three years, I prayed every day to release the resistance and reluctance I felt. It bothered me so much that I was so often feeling my intuition guiding me in one direction, but I...
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Enjoying Life
July 13, 2019 |
I love being in Vermont in the summertime. It’s so beautiful, lush and green here, and it’s rarely too hot or too humid. It’s absolutely lovely. I feel so grateful to be out in the woods, riding around on the...
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Fear Be Gone
July 12, 2019 |
I can remember when I would have shock waves of fear that seemed to shoot through me like lightning waves. I’d have a thought that would produce a rush of adrenaline and an energetic shock that moved through me in...
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Patience & Peace
July 10, 2019 |
When I’ve felt blasted by the storms of emotions and drama, whether it’s been of my own making or someone else’s, my spiritual practice of non-judgment and nonviolence is my rock. It’s a haven of infinite patience and Love inside...
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It Is What It Is
July 6, 2019 |
One of the great things about all the traveling I’ve done in recent years is that I’m often in unfamiliar territory. Spirit sends me to far off locations to pray and bless, to live and learn. Everywhere I go, I...
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It Is What It Is
July 6, 2019 |
One of the great things about all the traveling I’ve done in recent years is that I’m often in unfamiliar territory. Spirit sends me to far off locations to pray and bless, to live and learn. Everywhere I go, I...
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The Trap of Specialness
July 5, 2019 |
Are you in a "specialness" trap and you don’t even know it? It’s easy to fall into. When we feel insecure and unworthy, it’s SUPER easy to fall into a "specialness" trap. It’s part of the ego’s endless patterns of...
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Generosity
June 26, 2019 |
We can practice a generosity of Spirit that uplifts us all. We can be supportive to people who are not so supportive of us. We can have compassion for those who are trying to manipulate and control us. We can...
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All For My Good
June 24, 2019 |
Life gives us so many amazing opportunities. This past Saturday, I was flying from Santa Barbara, CA to Newark with a brief layover in Los Angeles. My flight from Santa Barbara was delayed. We got out on the tarmac and...
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