Getting Back to Holiday Basics
If holidays are hard for you, choose right now to shift into a state of joy.
The true meaning of the holidays can easily get lost in the details. While many of the diverse festivals and feasts we celebrate are de
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Serene Celebrations
Much of the tension we feel during the holidays is a direct result of our own expectations
For many people, the advent of autumn heralds the start of a stressful holiday season. From November to January, we feel pressured t
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Celebrating Menopause Month
Empower yourself, reclaim your strength, and find freedom through your menopause journey.
For too long, menopause has been spoken about as a loss, decline, or something to endure. But in truth, it is not an ending;
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The Power of Chanting
By using your breath and your voice with chanting, you raise the level of your own vibration to a higher spiritual state.
In many cultures and civilizations, chanting, a form of vocal meditation, has endured through the a
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You Are Beautiful
Many of us do not take the time to notice and acknowledge how beautiful we are as humans.
Many of us do not take the time to notice and acknowledge how beautiful we are as humans. We may be great lovers of beauty, seeing it i
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Two days from now will be the most sacred and holy day of the Buddhist year. It is the full moon day of Saga Dawa when Shakyamuni Buddha was born and became enlightened. Our actions of behavior, speech, and mind will be astronomically increased. T
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Compassion
True compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between ourselves and others are an illusion.
Compassion is the ability to see the deep connectedness between ourselves and others. Moreover, true compassion recognizes
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Common Fears
Once we realize that fear is a state of mind, we can choose to face our fears, change our minds, and create the life we want to live.
Everyone has fears — it is a natural part of being human. Fear can protect us from harm by sendi
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Angel Meditation
A meditation with your angels can add a new gentleness into your normal meditation routine.
Although your host of spirit guides encompasses many diverse beings, all of which willingly watch over you, meditating with angels can
Read more…Earth Prayer, Loveletter for Mother Earth - Janice Diederichs
Dear Family, my brothers and sisters,
this is a prayer for our beloved Mother Earth.
She is our great mother, she is our sacred home.
May we all walk upon her in gratitude and may
In Awe of Beauty
All we have to do is look for beauty, and she is there — all around us at any given moment.
Beauty speaks to us in soft whispers and bold declarations. She calls on us to gaze in awe at her splendor. We are enticed by beau
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Bad Apples
When dealing with negative people, we can choose not to respond to their behavior and allow our positive behavior to be an example.
Because life requires that we interact with different personalities, it is not uncommon for us to en
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Singing with the drum is a remembering. A calling across time, weaving our voices with the echoes of those who walked before us. With every beat, we awaken the wisdom held in our bones, the memory carried in our blood.
The drum speaks, and our voi
Read more…Water Meditation
Because water is life, meditating with it can create a profound experience.
Our bodies are more than 50 percent water, so it makes sense that human beings have always considered water to be a sacred source of life and
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HAPPY LOSAR, Tibetan New Year, to everyone. May this new year bring newfound freedoms for the flourishing of Tibetan culture, language, expression and religion. May there be an end to war and may all beings experience peace of mind. To cultivate p
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Epiphany
Three Kings Day
Little Christmas
At the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas comes a day called the Epiphany, or Three Kings Day.
Falling on 6th January .This holiday is celebrated as the day the three wise men first saw baby Jesus an
The Garden of Your Mind
Your journey to a kinder mind begins with a single, nourishing thought — it’s never too late to plant seeds of compassion and let them bloom.
Our minds are like vibrant, ever-changing gardens. Every thought is a seed, t
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Surround Yourself With Love
One of the easiest and nicest gifts you can give to yourself is surrounding yourself with loving and kind people whenever possible.
In our everyday life, we are surrounded by a variety of people. Some of the people
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I say "Namaste" because
I like what it means,
not because I am Hindu.
A lot of people here think
I am a Christian because
they think I talk about
Christian values,
but the truth is
I am really talking
about Human values.
I've been asked if I am Buddhi
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Karma
Whatever is happening now or at any moment is the unfolding of karma. Many people assume that karma applies solely to the difficulties and hardships encountered in life. This is not so. Karma also unfolds as the pleasurable aspects of living s
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