less is more

Have you ever walked into a space that was clutter free and appreciated the space like a breath of fresh air? How about looking at a closet, house, office or landscape, and felt it was perfectly created? Our lives can get filled with clutter and “stuff”,...

enlightenment

While in Sedona, AZ, I visited a Stupa, a Buddhist temple of which many sacred relics had been placed within as love offerings and sealed up. As I walked around the Stupa in prayer and thanksgiving, I could feel the sweet energy of the accumulation of love for this...

why is it soooo hard to surrender?

It’s so hard to surrender, because we think we know what’s best for us and for those around us. Hello! Look around; we don’t always know what’s best. We are control freaks, constantly wanting to control others, when the truth of the mater is, it’s a huge task just to...

why is vulnerability so scary?

Vulnerability is scary because we don’t know what’s on the other side of it. In my journey to vulnerability, I realized that if I gave up everything that I ever knew…in other words who I thought I was…I didn’t know who I would be. There was a part of me...

looking out into nothingness

As I sat looking out over the Pacific Ocean, all I could see was water, endless water. No human movement at all, no boats, no planes, no people in the water, just endless water. In its massive endless beauty, it just is. I am reminded of the peace and love that is...

what do you see?

If you were to stand in front of a mirror naked, what would you see? Most of us don’t see the Divine Spirit that we really are. Most of us see flesh, and then we judge it; firm, flabby, better, worse, older, strong, weak. Some have never taken a good look, for fear of...